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19th century San Francisco church gets solar upgrade
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (260+ words) By Kelly Pickerel | April 20, 2026 Trinity St. Peter's Episcopal Church in San Francisco, a historic landmark built in the 19th century, is now home to a 19. 74-k W solar system. The system, installed by Sun Source and supported by RE-volv and California…...
Advocacy groups say CPUC decision 'virtually ensures' no community solar will get built in California
1+ week, 4+ day ago (139+ words) By Kelly Pickerel | April 9, 2026 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision in the Community Solar Proceeding (A. 22-05-022) that virtually ensures that no community solar projects will be developed at a time when the state is facing surging energy…...
California county jail to save $12 million in energy costs with solar carport and Tesla battery
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (278+ words) By Kelly Pickerel | April 14, 2026 A solar and battery storage project developed and financed by Sunrock'Distributed Generation is now in operation at the County Jail in Salinas, California. Funded through a PPA, it is expected to save the Monterey County Sheriff's…...
California school district installs 3. 1 MW of solar across 12 campuses
6+ day, 28+ min ago (126+ words) By Kelly Pickerel | April 14, 2026 Opterra Energy Services has completed a $33 million modernization project for the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District (YCJUSD) in California. In addition to upgrades to lighting systems and HVAC equipment, the school district also installed 3. 1 MW of…...
Game Change Solar successfully tests tracker for earthquake conditions
2+ week, 6+ day ago (129+ words) By Billy Ludt | March 30, 2026 Game Change Solar, a solar tracker and fixed-tilt racking technology supplier, completed of the industry's first full-scale seismic shake table testing program for its Genius Tracker system at UC Berkeley's Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center. The…...
Construction starts on Arevon's 250-MW energy storage project in California
3+ week, 6+ day ago (175+ words) By Billy Ludt | March 24, 2026 Arevon Energy has started construction on its 250-MW/1, 000-MWh Cormorant Energy Storage Project in Daly City, California. The $600 million facility is expected to start operations 2027, and will be capable of powering approximately 321, 000 homes for up to…...
California Mercedes-Benz USA parts distribution center goes solar
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (124+ words) By Kelly Pickerel | March 18, 2026 EDPR NA Distributed Generation, the distributed generation platform of EDP Renewables North America, has completed a 720-k W rooftop solar project at the Mercedes-Benz USA Parts Distribution Center in Fontana, California. During construction, the project supported…...
California court strikes down NEM 3. 0 reform appeal
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (153+ words) By Billy Ludt | March 10, 2026 The opportunity to reform a net metering framework that has gutted rooftop solar project deployment in California was dashed yesterday. But now the program remains unchanged. By the end of 2023, California was expected to lose 22% of…...
Real estate firm Clayco starts solar development business
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (172+ words) By Billy Ludt | March 4, 2026 Clayco, a turnkey real estate development and construction firm, is launching Power and Energy, a new business unit that expands the company into the renewable energy sector. With an initial focus on utility-scale solar and energy…...
California power aggregators sign on for 50-MW slice of compressed-air long-duration energy storage
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (262+ words) By Kelly Pickerel | February 13, 2026 Long-duration energy storage developer Hydrostor has signed a 50-MW offtake agreement with California Community Power (CC Power) for the Willow Rock Energy Storage Center. The 500-MW/4, 000-MWh advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project can store…...