Sunnova Logs Another Quarterly Loss, but Picks up Solar Dealers Amid Coronavirus
Residential solar and storage company Sunnova logged an overall loss in the third quarter of 2020, as the industry emerges from a difficult period in which the coronavirus pandemic challenged overall sales. Sunnova, unlike many of its publicly...
What Is the Clean Energy Industry Doing to Confront Racism?
In the wake of spring outpourings of grief and anger over the killings of Black Americans such as Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, numerous companies in the clean energy industry turned the lens inward. Companies that had...
Feds de-list gray wolf again
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is again de-listing the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List. The wolf was delisted before, and then put back on the list after environmental groups convinced a federal judge to...
Solar News
Arkansas Advanced Energy Association now official SEIA state affiliate
SEIA announced today that the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA) is now an official SEIA state affiliate. AAEA becomes the 19th SEIA affiliate and builds on a growing network of solar advocacy groups in the Southeast...
Sun Valley Solar installs 350-kW PV carport at Arizona office project
Voya Financial’s newly constructed Chandler, Arizona, office features solar carports that are expected to offset more than 663.6 MWh of electricity in its first year of operation alone. In the first year of operation, the 350-kW...
GE Renewable Energy reports $5M profit in Q3 despite falling wind turbine orders
CEO Larry Culp predicts a "steep market decline" for the rest of 2020 and "a likely multi-year recovery," with GE's hopes for a turnaround riding on a recovery in the company's renewables and power divisions....
Heliene releases 500-W bifacial solar module
North American solar panel manufacturer Heliene has released a 96-cell bifacial solar module with a 500-W front output. The Canadian company has a 140-MW manufacturing plant in Mountain Iron, Minnesota, in addition to its plant in...
Alliant Energy releases plan to add 400 MW of solar to Iowa’s grid by 2023
Alliant Energy introduced the Clean Energy Blueprint for Iowa, a path for accelerating its transition to cleaner energy for customers. The Blueprint outlines the company’s plans to increase the use of renewable resources, including solar power,...
Agriculture News
Dicamba re-registered for five more years
The EPA has issued a new registration label for dicamba herbicide over the top use. EPA’s administrator Andrew Wheeler released the decision during a stop in Georgia Tuesday, clearing the use of XtendiMax, Engenia, and Tavium...
More than half of CFAP2 funds approved for farmers
USDA has now given out more than half of the second Coronavirus Food Assistance Program’s funds to farmers. As of October 25th, the agency had approved more than $7.6 billion. Payments to corn growers remain at the...
EPA to make herbicide announcement Tuesday
Farmers might learn Tuesday what they can and cannot do with dicamba next growing season. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is planning an afternoon announcement in Georgia, with the state’s ag commissioner, and Farm Bureau’s Zippy DuVall. A senior...
83% of U.S. soybeans, 72% of corn harvested
The U.S. corn and soybean harvests continue to run ahead of average. The USDA says that as of Sunday, 72% of corn is harvested, compared to 60% last week, and the five-year average of 56%, and...
Major cattle on feed categories up on year
The USDA says there were 11.717 million cattle and calves on feed in the U.S. on October 1st. That is an increase of 4% on the year and the highest October 1st inventory since the series...
