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JinkoSolar Tiger Modules Being Used in Demo Plant

JinkoSolar says it has supplied 300 MW of its high-energy-density Tiger solar panels for an ultra-high-voltage demonstration power plant in Qinghai Province, China. The plant...

Utility-Scale Energy Storage Poised for Big Growth

According to a new report from Navigant Research, global new capacity additions of utility-scale energy storage (USES) systems are expected to reach 1,557 MW...

JinkoSolar Inks Massive Contract for Cheetah Modules

Solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar has delivered 950 MW of its ultra-high-efficiency Cheetah 72-cell modules to developer X-ELIO, to be installed at different projects across...

Trina Claims Record for Solar Cell Efficiency

Trina Solar Co. Ltd. says its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set a new world record of 23.22%...

Florida Utility Puts $700 Million to Work for Solar and Storage

Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has completed a $700 million debt issuance for the utility’s first green bond, which will finance...

Largest Solar Project in St. Louis Comes Online

A 1.8 MW solar installation atop the BJC HealthCare employee parking garage in midtown St. Louis is now connected and sending power into the...

Sunworks to Serve As EPC Contractor for Dairy’s Solar System

Sunworks Inc. has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to develop a 653 kW ground-mounted solar system for Lima Ranch Dairy...

Broadwind Energy Makes Debut in Solar Marketplace

Broadwind Energy has broken into the solar business, having received what it calls its “first significant solar market order” for production at the company’s...

Apex Executes Second PPA with Facebook for VA Solar Project

Apex Clean Energy says Facebook has signed a power purchase agreement for a 61.6 MW portion of the Altavista Solar development, which is set...

Freedom Forever Enters Texas, Utah Solar Markets

Residential solar installer Freedom Forever is expanding its footprint to include Salt Lake City, Houston, Dallas and surrounding areas, joining existing markets in California,...

Growatt Brings Inverter Models to the Mexican Market

Growatt recently unveiled its new series of inverters for the Mexican solar market - the MIN 2500-6000 TL-X and MAC 50-70KTL3 MV. "These new...

New Company Specializes in Landfill, Brownfield Solar Development

Watershed Geo and ISM Solar Development have formed Watershed Solar Development to provide landfill and brownfield solar energy solutions integrated with ClosureTurf, a patented...

Long Island Project Uses GameChange Solar’s MaxSpan

GameChange Solar recently wrapped up and commissioned a 20 MW fixed-tilt solar system located in Long Island N.Y. The installation, which is a part of...

Utility Petitions CPUC for 200 MW of New Renewable Energy

Colorado Electric, a subsidiary of Black Hills Corp., has submitted a proposal to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission seeking approval of a plan that...

Solar Support: Expert Focus on Inverters to Ensure PV Performance

Engineering services company Solar Support has debuted its integrated equipment and plant restoration and recovery solution, whereby the company combines its experience with solar...

Installers Can Pre-Order Enphase Battery Storage Systems

Enphase Energy Inc. says battery storage systems based on its Ensemble energy management technology are now available for pre-order. Installers can place pre-orders for Enphase...

Sungrow Solar-Plus-Storage Platform Installed at Utility-Scale

Inverter manufacturer Sungrow says its first 1500 VDC DC-coupled PV-plus-storage system has been connected to a 9 MW/3.836 MWh utility-scale storage project developed by...

Ribbon Cut on 450 MW Springbok Solar Cluster

8minute Solar Energy LLC, an independent solar and storage developer in the U.S., and Capital Dynamics, a private asset management firm, have announced the...

Partners Pursuing 40 MW Development in Mexico

Sun Pacific Holding Corp. says its National Mechanical Group (NMG) subsidiary and Soluciones De Energia Diversificada Internacional (SEDI), a subsidiary of Blissful Holdings LLC,...

SunPower, Goldman Sachs Awarded Big JFK Solar Project

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded New York City’s single-largest solar energy project - a development at John F....

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