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JA Solar Debuts n-type PV Module DeepBlue 4.0 X Series

JA Solar has released its first n-type PV module, DeepBlue 4.0 X. Based on the 182 wafer, the DeepBlue 4.0 X series includes three...

European Commission Releases REPowerEU Plan for Energy Hardships

The European Commission has presented the REPowerEU Plan, its response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine....

Scout Places Order for 378 MW of First Solar PV Modules

First Solar Inc. has signed an agreement with Scout Clean Energy to supply 378 MW DC of thin-film solar modules. Scout, a renewable energy developer...

Sol Systems, Illinois American Water Complete Peoria Solar Farm

Sol Systems and Illinois American Water, a large investor-owned water utility in Illinois, have begun operations on their second solar project, located in Peoria,...

AlphaESS, Maxeon Collaborate on Integrated Solar+Storage Solution

Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. and AlphaESS have entered into a global strategic partnership to develop integrated clean energy solutions for residential customers. The partnership...

Two DESRI Solar Projects in Illinois Reach Commercial Operations

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments’ (DESRI) Prairie State Solar and Dressor Plains Solar projects have reached commercial operation, and closed debt and tax equity...

SolaREIT, TurningPoint Land Deal Covers Three States, Five Solar Projects

SolaREIT, a solar real estate investment fund, has purchased a portfolio of land assets underneath solar projects from TPE Development LandCo, a land holdings...

Correlate Starts Large Rooftop Solar Installation for Manufacturing Plant

Correlate Infrastructure Partners Inc. has begun the final engineering, permitting and interconnection work on a Geneva, Ill., facility, where the company has contracted to...

Markus Nikles Will Lead Meyer Burger Finances as New CFO

Meyer Burger Technology AG has appointed Markus Nikles to the executive board as the new CFO as of September 1. As CFO in the...

Solar Organizations, Legislators Voicing Worries Over Tariff Investigation

The U.S. Department of Commerce has opened public comment regarding its recent decision to conduct a circumvention investigation related to solar imports from Cambodia,...

Lithion Attains UL 9540 Certification for Solar+Storage Inverter Solution

Lithion has completed testing and evaluation to acquire UL 9540 certification for its HomeGrid Stack'd Series (9.6 kWh to 38.4 kWh) energy storage solution...

Greenbacker Purchases 50 MW Solar Portfolio of New York Projects

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (GREC), through a wholly owned subsidiary, has purchased three pre-operational, utility-scale solar projects in New York from Hecate Energy...

Dominion Opens RFP for 1,200 MW of Virginia Solar, Wind Projects

In a new request for proposals (RFP), Dominion Energy Virginia (DEV) is soliciting proposals for the acquisition of up to 1,200 MW of new...

Duke Energy Begins Jackpot Solar Construction with Idaho Power PPA in Place

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, has started construction of the 120 MW Jackpot Solar project in Twin Falls...
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TotalEnergies Acquires Core Solar to Expand U.S. Renewable Energy Portfolio

TotalEnergies is further expanding its presence in the U.S. renewable energy industry by acquiring Austin, Texas-based Core Solar LLC, which has a portfolio of...

Nuclear Energy Generation Surpassed by Renewable Energy in 2021

Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totaled 795 million MWh in the United States during 2021, surpassing nuclear generation, which totaled 778 million...

Leeward Signs Additional 1 GW PV Module Deal with First Solar

Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) and First Solar Inc. have signed an additional multi-year framework supply agreement, through which First Solar will provide LRE with...

Tandem PV Secures Financing to Grow Commercial-Grade Solar Panel Manufacturing

Tandem PV, a California-based photovoltaic technology company specializing in ultra-high-efficiency tandem metal-halide perovskite solar panels, has closed the initial $6 million of its $12...

CyrusOne Signs Renewable Energy PPAs with Gexa for Texas Operations

CyrusOne Inc., a global data center developer and operator specializing in delivering state-of-the art digital infrastructure solutions, is purchasing solar and wind power delivered...

SunStyle Begins Distributing Building-Integrated Solar Roof Shingles to U.S. Markets

SunStyle, a provider of fully building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roof systems, has expanded its operations to customers in the U.S. SunStyle provides an edge-to-edge, full-coverage solar...

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