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A big battery in the Bronx will help community break from polluting power
28 Sep 2026 at 5:58pm
by Kelly PickerelNineDot Energy joined local partners last week to cut the ribbon on its latest battery energy storage system in the New York City metro area. The 20-MW Hunts Point BESS in the Bronx is expected to provide the community with enough power for nearly 20,000 homes during peak grid hours. “We’re honored to bring this…
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Cleveland to install solar on two city-owned landfills28 Sep 2026 at 5:50pm
by Kelly PickerelTwo more landfills in the Cleveland, Ohio, area are going solar, as recently announced by the City of Cleveland Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, Department of Public Utilities and Department of Port Control. A 7-MW project is being designed for a city-owned landfill off Kolthoff Drive, and a 2-MW array will be on a landfill off…
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CertainTeed releases new solar roofing system Landmark PWR28 Sep 2026 at 5:37pm
by Kelly PickerelCertainTeed has launched a new solar roofing system, Landmark PWR. Built on CertainTeed’s Landmark roofing portfolio, Landmark PWR combines roof protection with solar power in a single integrated solution. “The Landmark PWR solar roof represents the next evolution of our integrated roofing and solar strategy,” said Andrew Wickham, director of product management. “As homeowner demand…
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Solar United Neighbors organizing another group purchase program in Denver25 Sep 2026 at 1:21pm
by Billy LudtSolar United Neighbors (SUN) and Rewiring America will host an energy focused event on Tuesday, September 29, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Montclair Recreation Center in Denver, Colorado. Residents can learn how rooftop solar, battery storage and heat pumps work, and how group purchasing and available incentives can make clean-energy home upgrades more…
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Power Electronics building 40 GW manufacturing campus in Houston25 Sep 2026 at 12:59pm
by Billy LudtPower Electronics, a company producing inverters for solar energy, storage and data center markets, celebrated the groundbreaking of its future campus in Houston, Texas. Located on more than 53 acres, the new campus is a significant expansion of Power Electronics’ manufacturing footprint in the United States. The project will include two buildings sized at approximately…
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Otovo adds InCharge Energy’s EV maintenance skills to service offering25 Sep 2026 at 12:33pm
by Kelly PickerelOtovo is partnering with InCharge Energy, a national provider of EV charging installation and maintenance services, to offer Otovo commercial customers with a single service relationship covering solar, battery storage and EV charging equipment. Together, Otovo and InCharge will offer each other’s preventive maintenance plans, with each company dispatching its own technicians, expanding the footprint…
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Student-funded solar project gets expansion at UToledo24 Sep 2026 at 7:04pm
by Kelly PickerelEach semester, students at the University of Toledo in Ohio are asked if they’d like to add $5 to their tuition bill to fund sustainability activities across campus. A committee of undergraduate and graduate students, the Student Green Fund, has been managing those extra dollars since 2017, supporting green initiatives including installing high-efficiency hand dryers…
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Illinois solar project adapts layout to train tracks, wetland and existing power lines24 Sep 2026 at 5:59pm
by Kelly PickerelCultivate Power has officially powered up the Bowes Solar project. Located on a 22-acre farm in Elgin, Illinois, this community solar initiative consists of two installations — a 4.975-MW site and a 4.25-MW site — that will generate electricity for the ComEd territory. Developing the Bowes Solar property required a specialized approach, since adjacent train tracks, high-voltage…
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B2U, LGES partner on battery repurposing for grid-scale applications24 Sep 2026 at 1:01pm
by Kelly PickerelBattery repurposing company B2U Storage Solutions is partnering with LG Energy Solution to explore business opportunities in the battery energy storage systems (BESS) space across the United States. The partners plan to use B2U Storage Solutions’ patented technologies to repurpose LG Energy Solution EV batteries for grid-scale energy storage, generating economic value by extending their use before recycling. “This partnership advances…
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NYSERDA approves 1.7 GW of new state renewable energy projects23 Sep 2026 at 6:29pm
by Billy LudtThe New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is initiating eight new bulk energy storage projects and 13 large-scale renewable energy projects in the state. Combined, these projects are expected to provide 1.7 GW of new large-scale energy resources, create more than 1,000 family-supporting jobs and generate over $3.7 billion in private investment.…
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Pisgah installs additional solar projects for Asheville community housing developer23 Sep 2026 at 4:06pm
by Kelly PickerelLocal solar installer Pisgah Energy recently completed a series of solar projects for Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO), a non-profit community developer in Asheville, North Carolina, that helps create more affordable and sustainable futures for families in the area. MHO’s newest housing communities, Star Point Apartments and Lakeshore Villas, sport solar arrays that will contribute to cleaner air…
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Span signs Sunrun as installation partner for XFRA distributed data center solution23 Sep 2026 at 3:52pm
by Kelly PickerelEarlier this year, grid-edge energy company Span launched XFRA, a distributed data center solution. Comprising a distributed network of compute nodes located in residential and small commercial spaces, XFRA enables both the immediate and future compute needs of hyperscalers, neoscalers and AI cloud providers. Span has now established an installation partner, in which Sunrun will provide home solar and…
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Modernizing grid strategy across New England with Damir Novosel and Chris Root
28 Sep 2026 at 8:13pm
by Jeremiah KarpowiczUnlocking the true value of any utility innovation requires an independent, vendor-agnostic strategy that cuts across technical, business, and regulatory domains.
Moldova to impose 60-day energy and water emergency due to drought and rising costs
28 Sep 2026 at 8:00pm
by Associated Press EditorsMoldova voted to impose a 60-day state of emergency on its energy and water sectors due to low water levels and rising energy costs.

Retrofits, relicensing, and more: new report shows ‘steady growth’ in US hydro sector
28 Sep 2026 at 5:25pm
by Sean WolfeResearchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory released the Hydropower Market Report, showing growth in the hydropower sector.
A bipartisan SPARK for the grid | Factor This Brief
28 Sep 2026 at 9:55am
by Paul GerkeThe DOE announces SPARK funding recipients, NineDot celebrates NYC battery energy storage, Exus Renewables repowers wind projects, Invenergy and HASI expand their partnership, NorthStar finishes a Michigan solar site, and Renewable Properties now plays in PJM.

Wildfire detection from space? XPRIZE competition awards promising emerging resilience tech
25 Sep 2026 at 7:56pm
by Sean WolfeXPRIZE announced awardees for the $11 million Wildfire competition, recognizing advancements in firefighting technologies across two tracks.

Iran war energy crisis backs Bangladesh into a corner — This Week in Cleantech
25 Sep 2026 at 4:23pm
by Jeremiah KarpowiczOn this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, David Fickling from Bloomberg discusses how Bangladesh's garment industry is coping with the Iran war's disruption of the energy supply chain.

Powering awareness: Bringing the reality of the grid to the public
25 Sep 2026 at 3:54pm
by Jeremiah KarpowiczOATI’s Powering Independence campaign on National Geographic showcased what it means for utilities to keep the lights on.

Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from the aging power grid
24 Sep 2026 at 5:34pm
by Associated Press EditorsThe Energy Department will invest nearly $2 billion in 31 projects across 26 states to enhance the power grid, increasing capacity by over 23 gigawatts.

How can utilities best approach wildfire risk in the Northeast?
24 Sep 2026 at 5:20pm
by Jeremiah KarpowiczApproaches to Wildfire Risk in the Northeast: Situational Awareness and Emergency Management session will detail how Avangrid successfully adapted western wildfire risk models for northeastern environments.

Scaling DERs for reliability and resilience | Factor This Policycast
24 Sep 2026 at 10:00am
by Paul GerkeThis episode of the Factor This Policycast explores how customer-sited technologies, including batteries, smart thermostats, backup generators, microgrids, rooftop solar, and flexible load, can be aggregated and operated as dependable grid assets.

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