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8minute | July 09, 2020

Solar and storage developer 8minute Solar Energy has completed its first utility-scale solar project in Texas. 8minute confirmed the 280MWdc/200MWdc Holstein solar farm, built alongside Duke Energy Renewables, has now begun operations. The Holstein solar project comprises more than 700,000 solar panels and marks a “significant milestone” for 8minute, the company said, as it continues to build on its solar footprint outside of its home state of California. Tom Buttgenbach, president a...

seattletimes | June 17, 2020

Amazon has attracted new allies for The Climate Pledge that founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced last September. Indian information technology consulting giant Infosys, U.S. wireless market share leader Verizon and U.K. consumer goods manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB) signed the pledge, which calls on companies to eliminate or offset all greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. The three large companies, based on three continents and in three very different industries, illustrate the range of c...

Energy

EDP Renewables | May 22, 2021

EDP Renewables, a global leader within the renewable energy sector and the world’s fourth-largest renewable energy producer, through its subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, has started commercial operation of the 209 MW “Reloj del Sol” wind farm. The wind farm has begun producing power in Zapata County, Texas. “Reloj del Sol” will help strengthen Texas’s grid and is estimated to supply approximately $36 million in direct payments to loc...

Solar+Storage

Impact Power Solutions | March 04, 2022

Impact Power Solutions (IPS Solar) announced on Thursday it was being acquired by New Energy Equity LLC. On March 2, ALLETE, Inc. announced it is acquiring New Energy Equity, which includes IPS Solar for $165.5 million. IPS Solar will retain its branding and corporate headquarters in Roseville, Minnesota. The IPS team is excited to join New Energy Equity and the ALLETE family of companies. The shared vision of positively impacting the world with solar e...