Arkados Group Rebrands as SolBright Renewable Energy
Arkados Group, Inc. (OTC:AKDS), an industrial automation and energy management company providing Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that help commercial and industrial facilities increase efficiency and reduce cost, today announced it has rebranded its energy conservation and management services division to “SolBright Renewable Energy,” reflecting the recently completed acquisition of SolBright Renewable Energy Inc….
NC Solar Developer Builds Solar Farm in Tennessee
The site of an unfinished nuclear power plant has been newly energized – with solar power. Birdseye Renewable Energy recently partnered with United Renewable Energy to design and construct a solar farm bringing energy generation to Hawkins County. -A new 1MW solar power farm sits on the site of the never operational Phipps Bend nuclear…
Southern Current Announces Solar Farm in SC
Southern Current, a developer in the residential, commercial and utility-scale solar markets, is launching a new solar farm in Hampton County, South Carolina. The company is investing $2.5 million in the project. “Southern Current is excited to keep bringing more clean energy projects to South Carolina,” said Southern Current Chief Development Officer Paul Fleury. “We…
Westinghouse Loans Put Nuclear Reactor Construction At Risk
According to Reuters, the owners of one of the first new U.S. nuclear power plants in decades said the half-finished reactors might not be completed without changes to a proposed $800 million loan to the bankrupt builder, Westinghouse Electric Co LLC. A unit of Toshiba Corp, Westinghouse has asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Manhattan…
Bringing More Solar Jobs to The Palmetto State
More solar jobs are coming to South Carolina according to HCS Renewable Energy, LLC a national renewable energy company headquartered in Austin, TX. HCS announced that it has joined the South Carolina Solar Business Alliance serving as primary staffing subcontractor on utility-scale solar projects nationwide. The South Carolina Solar Business Alliance (SBA) is the voice of…
Standard Solar Acquired by Gaz Métro
Standard Solar, Inc., a leading solar energy company specializing in the development, installation and financing of commercial solar electric systems nationwide, today announced that it is being acquired by Gaz Métro, a leading energy provider with more than US$5.8 billion in assets that is actively involved in developing and operating energy infrastructures and innovative, promising energy…
Williams Partners Receives FERC Certificate Authorizing Atlantic Sunrise Project
Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) reported that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the Atlantic Sunrise expansion project – an expansion of the existing Transco natural gas pipeline to connect abundant Marcellus gas supplies with markets in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S. “While we are…
Ameresco to Build Microgrid Integrating Onsite Generation and Storage at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina
Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and energy infrastructure company, today announced it has been issued a task order to build a site-wide microgrid integrating 10 megawatts (MW) of new onsite generation and a battery energy storage system at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Parris Island, South Carolina, by the Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC…
Westinghouse and SCANA Corp. Receive DRB Milestone Determination
Westinghouse Electric Company and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), the principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG), have received the Dispute Resolution Board’s (DRB) decision on the construction milestone payment schedule for the two nuclear construction projects at V.C. Summer Station in Jenkinsville, S.C. Following a hearing on Nov. 9, Westinghouse submitted its…
Cypress Creek Renewables to Acquire North Carolina-based FLS Energy
Cypress Creek Renewables, the nation’s leading developer of local solar projects, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Asheville, North Carolina-based solar developer FLS Energy. The move comes at a time of significant growth for Cypress Creek and represents the next step in Cypress Creek’s ongoing efforts to provide renewable energy to…