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Safe harboring solar projects now to avoid future energy shocks
Installing solar reduces energy costs for commercial and industrial users in most states and does not face the price volatility of natural gas and oil. However, despite the benefit cheap power has for domestic manufacturing, the Trump administration has shortened the runway for the commercial investment tax credit, eliminating the 48E credit for projects that…
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Legislators campaign for plug-in solar access in Illinois
Illinois State Sen. Rachel Ventura and Rep. Daniel Didech joined fellow general assembly members and clean energy advocates to launch a campaign to pass legislation enabling plug-in solar in Illinois. The Plug-In Illinois Act (SB 3104/HB 4524) would unlock access to solar power for Illinoisans who cannot install rooftop solar – like renters, apartment dwellers,…
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Solar project turning laundromat into resilience hub for Pine Ridge Reservation
Families on the Pine Ridge Reservation will soon have access to clean, reliable power at the community’s first district laundromat, thanks to a continued partnership between Everybody Solar and One Spirit, a nonprofit supporting the Oglala Lakota Nation. Building on years of collaboration, the two nonprofits are installing a 18-kW rooftop solar array with battery…
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Brooklyn SolarWorks installs 1st residential battery system in NYC
Brooklyn SolarWorks has installed the first residential battery energy storage system (BESS) within New York City limits. Located in Chinatown, the landmark project pairs a 19.6-kWh battery system with a solar canopy. The Briggs & Stratton AccESS energy storage system, which is currently the only residential storage system permitted for installation on New York City’s…
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Robots install 100 MW of solar panels on 1-GW AES project
Maximo, the solar robotics company incubated by AES, has successfully installed 100 MW of solar panels at the AES Bellefield project, an under-construction 1-GW project in Kern County, California. “Reaching 100 MW is an important milestone for Maximo and for the role robotics can play in solar construction. It demonstrates that field robotics can move…
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