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Classes Begin at New Green Job Training Center in Chicago
Chicago’s new Sustainability Hub will train and employ 10,000+ local Illinois residents for solar careers. Participants complete harness training to install solar panels at heights. Chicago, IL (May 2, 2023) — The Sustainability Hub, a new Chicago job training center jointly developed by Power52’s Ecademy and 548 Enterprise (548), has proudly welcomed the first twenty trainees to […]
Summit Ridge Energy and Qcells Announce Largest Community Solar Partnership in the U.S.
Adam Kuehne, Brian Dunn, HG Park, Steve Raeder, Justin Lee, Chris An, Sungbong Nam The 1.2 GW announcement marks the biggest domestic community solar purchase in history, the agreement also includes 20 MWh of energy storage Vice President Kamala Harris visited Qcells Dalton Factory to announce this historic order made possible in part because of […]
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Solar Industry Magazine: Summit Ridge Adds 19 Solar Projects to Portfolio
Summit Ridge Energy has acquired 19 community solar projects, located across Virginia, totaling 100 MW. The portfolio was obtained from seven partners, including Apex Clean Energy, ESA Solar, ForeFront Power, New Leaf Energy, RWE Clean Energy and SolAmerica Energy. The acquisitions were made by Summit Ridge’s joint venture with Osaka Gas USA, a subsidiary of […]
Renewables Now: Summit Ridge closes USD-275m financing for new community solar
Dollars in green. Author: 401(K) 2012 US commercial solar company Summit Ridge Energy on Monday announced that it has closed a USD-275-million (EUR 251.0m) financing deal with Japanese bank MUFG (TYO:8306), earmarking the funds for upcoming projects in Virginia and Illinois. Read more: Renewables Now