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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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PV Tech: “It’s always good to diversify your partners”: how new legislation and fresh investors have impacted the US solar sector
Summit Ridge Energy has raised US$1 billion in capital in 2023. Meeting the world’s changing energy needs will require a number of prerequisites, including technological innovation, political will and, perhaps most crucially of all, financial investment. The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that, in 2023, developers will invest US$380 billion into the global solar sector, […]
Novogradac: Sponsors, Developers Seek Clarity in Guidance, Say Panelists at Novogradac Conference
A common thread weaved together the multiple topics of The View from Sponsors, Developers panel last month at the Novogradac 2023 Fall Renewable Energy and Environmental Tax Credits Conference in Washington, D.C.: more clarity is needed on several issues. Excerpt: Jake Compton, director, project finance for Summit Ridge Energy, told attendees that rising interest rates […]