Viking Cold Solutions, Houston, Texas, launched Solar Energy Storage, a bundling of the company’s cold thermal energy storage system with rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV).

concept by US corp., Pompano Beach, Fla., introduced what is said to be the first on-the-market, complete and fully integrated UL-certified scalable solar energy storage system with built-in battery storage.

The solar system is expected to provide the facility with nearly all of its daytime electricity needs and generate more than 82 million kilowatt-hours of power over the life of the system.

Whole Foods Market, Austin, Texas, worked with national solar providers NRG Energy, Houston, Texas, and SolarCity, San Mateo, Calif., to increase the number of rooftop solar units on its U.S. stores.

Herbold Meckesheim USA installed a rooftop solar energy system to provide electrical power to its 10,000-square-foot Smithfield, R.I., headquarters facility.

Sierra Pacific Warehouse Group (SPWG) opened what is said to be one of the largest rooftop solar arrays in Patterson, Calif.

Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C., is investing $68 million in 540 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects nationwide.

First Solar, Inc., Tempe, Ariz., sold its 50 megawatt Macho Springs Solar Power Plant to Atlanta-based Southern Power and Turner Renewable Energy.

Agriculture Energies, LLC, Tucson, Ariz., developed Agriculture Solar Sun Tracking, a modular roofing system that can be secured at a tilt angle of 0 degrees, resulting in lower wind load than with systems set at an angle.

REC Solar, San Luis Obispo, Calif., completed a 1 MW solar energy system for Vignolo Farms, a grape and potato grower based in Shafter, Calif., which is expected to offset 75% of the farm’s energy use at its cold storage facility while reducing its carbon footprint.