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Biden Widely Expands Level of Tariff-Free Imported Solar Cells
President Joe Biden has issued a proclamation that raises the Section 201 tariff rate quota (TRQ) for imported crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from 5...
SEG Solar Inaugurates Houston Plant, Rolls Out First Module
SEG Solar has opened its PV manufacturing base in Houston, where the facility’s first 585 W YUKON N series module rolled off the production...
AES Indiana Invests $1.1B in Pike County Energy
AES Indiana is investing $1.1 billion in Pike County’s energy, from this year to 2026, which includes the addition of the Pike County BESS...
DOE to Finance Qcells Georgia Solar Manufacturing Facility
The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has made a conditional commitment for a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Qcells.
The loan guarantee will...
Radial Power Acquires Community Solar Project from Galehead Development
Radial Power has acquired four New York State community solar projects, totaling 22.3 MW, from Galehead Development.
Following the closing of each transaction, Radial Power...
Standard Chartered Nabs Financing for PV Module Manufacturing Plant
Standard Chartered has closed on a six-year, $235 million non-recourse senior secured term green loan facility to fund the development, construction and operation of...
Summit Ridge, HASI Finance Community Solar Portfolio Across Illinois and Maryland
Summit Ridge Energy and HASI have closed a $309 million back-leveraged term loan on a portfolio of 80 operating community solar projects.
The 216 MW...
SunPower Files for Bankruptcy
SunPower has entered into an asset purchase agreement, with Complete Solaria serving as stalking horse buyer for the assets associated with SunPower's Blue Raven...
RNWBL, SOLARCYCLE Partner on Decommissioning C&I Projects
RNWBL and SOLARCYCLE have partnered on recycling solar panels under RNWBL’s operations.
RNWBL, an O&M provider for wind, solar and battery storage projects, also decommissions...
Renewable America Community Microgrids Head Toward Commercial Operation
Renewable America (RNA) has issued development updates on two of the company’s California solar sites: the 2.93 MW West Tambo Clean Power II site...
Intermountain Health Opens 40 MW Utah Solar Farm
Intermountain Health has opened the 40 MW Castle Solar Farm in Huntington, Utah, set to provide power for 17 of its facilities.
The company has...
KKR Acquires Majority Interest in Avantus
KKR has acquired a majority equity interest in Avantus by investment funds and accounts managed by KKR.
Coinciding with the close of the transaction, Avantus...
Hudson Sustainable Sells PV Portfolio to Solar Schumann
Hudson Sustainable Group (HSG) has sold its solar PV portfolio to Tokyo-based Solar Schumann.
The transaction marks HSG's second exit in Japan. The first was...
Magnachip Releases 1200V IGBT in TO-247PLUS Package
Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation has developed its 1200V 75A Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) in a TO-247PLUS package, designed for solar inverters.
Magnachip entered the solar...
Rhode Island’s Largest Closed Landfill Solar Site Goes into Operation
The 6.9 MW Bristol Landfill Solar Project, Rhode Island’s largest closed landfill solar site, is now operational.
Developed by NuGen Capital Management, the project occupies...
BLM Advances Projects on Western Public Lands
The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is advancing nine solar projects on public lands.
“The Interior Department...
TurningPoint Energy, Nexamp Partner on Delaware Community Solar Projects
TurningPoint Energy and Nexamp are collaborating on two community solar projects in Delaware’s New Castle and Sussex counties, totaling 9 MW.
TurningPoint developed the projects...
Catalyze, GreenSpark Solar Announce New York Partnership Expansion
Catalyze has selected EPC contractor GreenSpark Solar to construct 10 community solar projects within New York State, totaling 60 MW.
The projects will be funded...
Avangrid Begins Solar Grazing Operation in the Pacific Northwest
Avangrid has partnered with a local rancher to graze sheep at two solar farms in Oregon and Washington, launching what it calls the largest...
HKUST Engineering Researchers Increase Perovskite Solar Cell Reliability
A research team at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have revealed the existence of surface...