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Gerdau Long Steel North America will soon source solar energy for one of its steel mills from a project that began construction Sept. 24.

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced Sept. 28 its new campaign for reaching a goal of 30% of U.S. electricity generation to come from solar energy by 2030.

A public elementary school in Washington, D.C. recently installed a 60 kWh battery storage system to back up its onsite solar generation capacity.

The Central Arkansas Library System broke ground Sept. 17 on a new solar array that is expected to generate $36,000 in annual energy cost savings.

This episode of Smart Energy Voices continues our series on Inspiring Diversity in Energy with a panel from the recent Renewable Energy Forum. Smart Energy Decisions’ Debra Chanil sat down with Ajulo Othow, co-founder and CEO of EnerWealth Solutions, LLC, and Dana Clare Redden, founder of Solar Stewards. With their experience in creating companies in the solar space, they’ll discuss the challenges of entrepreneurship and what is needed to bring more diversity to the solar industry. Listen in to learn what you can do to help inspire diversity.

Ontex began construction Sept. 14 on what will be Italy's largest onsite solar power installation.

lululemon athletica will soon achieve its 2021 goal of sourcing 100% renewable energy thanks to a VPPA completed Sept. 15.

The John Hopkins Health System Corporation (JHHS) signed an agreement Sept. 15 for 13 MW of renewable energy from a Virginia solar project.

The Nature Conservancy announced Sept. 13 that it will be completing an installation of a 50 MW solar array on a former surface mine in Southwest Virginia.

Walmart has completed agreements for more than 50 solar projects totaling 38.3 MW installed at locations across seven states.