Category: In the News
Chicago Sun-Times: 548 Foundation aims to create a pipeline of solar energy workers through its training program
For about a year, the 548 Foundation’s Clean Energy Training Program has offered 10- to 13-week courses teaching skills to help students land jobs in the state’s burgeoning solar industry. Phil Malone (center) demonstrates how to properly load a nail gun to students in the 548 Foundation Clean Energy Training Program. Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times On a […]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Energy giant doubles order from Qcells’ Georgia solar panel plant
Summit Ridge Energy order from Qcells marks significant expansion of community solar program A worker makes a visual inspection of one of the solar panels as it moves through the automated assembly line at the Qcells module production facility in Cartersville on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Steve Schaefer/[email protected]) Atlanta, GA (June 21, 2024) –A little more […]
Solar Power World: Contractor splits four projects into seven to meet community solar rules in Maryland
Brian Dunn, COO and board member of Summit Ridge Energy, and Perry Schonfeld, principal and COO of LBA Realty, at the Quad Avenue project ribbon cutting. Summit Ridge Energy Summit Ridge Energy (SRE), a commercial solar contractor from Arlington, Virginia, will soon complete construction of a 17-MW community solar portfolio of seven projects — at […]
BNN Breaking: Sunshine and Shelter – Champaign’s Moore’s Rescue Ranch Partners with Summit Ridge Energy for Expansion
Sunshine and Shelter: Champaign’s Moore’s Rescue Ranch Partners with Summit Ridge Energy for Expansion Moore’s Rescue Ranch partners with Summit Ridge Energy to build a solar farm, funding an expansion for animal welfare and children with disabilities. This innovative project provides a refuge for handicapped animals and offers horse therapy sessions, creating a nurturing environment […]
Solar Power World: Castillo Engineering, Summit Ridge Energy start 82-MW community solar portfolio development
A 3-MW community solar project in Morris, Illinois. Summit Ridge Energy Castillo Engineering has been selected by Summit Ridge Energy, a commercial solar contractor, to provide design and engineering services on an 82-MW portfolio of 26 community solar projects in Illinois. Part of the Illinois Shines or Adjustable Block Program, each of the community solar […]
Energy News Network: IRA offers lucrative incentives for low-income community solar, but also creates new challenges
Developers are working to build trust in communities that have long been shut out of the clean energy transition. The Briscoe2A community solar project in LaSalle County, Illinois. Credit: Summit Ridge Energy Community solar is inherently a way to expand equity in solar access, as advocates describe it, since it makes clean energy and savings […]