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Aurora Solar | September 07, 2022

Aurora Solar, a cloud-based platform creating a future of solar for all by powering industry professionals to make solar simple and predictable, announced 10 million solar sites have been designed within its platform. These projects deliver a combined savings of nearly 60 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, which is equivalent to the total emissions produced by more than 16 coal-fired power plants over the course of a year. Reaching this milestone is a testament to the hard work and...

Energy Storage News | March 18, 2020

Just over one in 10 US states now has a deployment target in place for energy storage, with Nevada now aiming for 1,000MW by 2030. With Virginia now also teetering on the edge of adopting an ambitious target, US national Energy Storage Association (ESA) Kelly Speakes-Backman said Nevada, in becoming the sixth state to adopt a target, had “distinguished itself as an energy storage leader”. A docket from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUC) adopted as a permanent regulation the biennial...

Smart Energy | February 25, 2020

US utility Alliant Energy Corp has revealed its intention to file a rate plan with state regulators in the second quarter of 2020 for the first phase of what promises to be a 1,000MW solar project in Wisconsin state, set for multi-phase development in 2023. Alliant has said it is also “watching closely” legislative initiatives that suggest that the neighbouring state of Iowa may be “early in the process” of building out solar generation. Alliant’s regulated utility subsidiary Interstate Power & ...

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Tigo Energy | December 16, 2022

Tigo Energy, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent solar and energy storage solutions, today announced the acquisition of FSIGHT, an energy data analytics software company based in Hod HaSharon, Israel. With FSIGHT, Tigo expands its ability to leverage energy consumption and production data for solar energy producers, adding a powerful prediction platform that provides rich and actionable system performance data, from the grid down to the module level. The transaction was signed on Tuesday, No...