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New Features in Xendee Software Help with Utility-Scale Microgrid Design
To meet installation engineering challenges, particularly in larger solar projects, Xendee has released a new multi-node feature that enables users to create advanced, interconnected...
New FTC Solar Tracking System Reduces Pile Count Needs for Installations
FTC Solar Inc., a provider of solar tracker systems, software and engineering services, has introduced Pioneer, a new one module in portrait (1P) solar...
EIA Reports Record Number of Solar Panel Shipments in 2021
U.S. shipments of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules rose to a record electricity-generating capacity of 28.8 million peak kilowatts in 2021, from 21.8 million peak...
First Solar Invests $1.2 Billion to Increase U.S. PV Module Production
First Solar Inc. is investing up to $1.2 billion in scaling production of American-made, responsibly produced photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. The investment is forecast...
NREL Completes New Phase of Solar Energy, Agriculture Research
Led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technologies Office, Innovative Solar Practices Integrated...
EIA Finds Nearly 20 Percent of Planned PV Delayed in First Half of 2022
Power plant developers plan to install 17.8 GW of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) generating capacity in 2022, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA)...
AES Picks BayWa r.e. as EPC Contractor for Hawai’i Island Solar, Storage Project
The AES Corp. has chosen BayWa r.e. to construct the Waikoloa Solar + Storage Project, an integrated solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage system...
DOE Introduces Solar Research Group to Focus on Cadmium Telluride Technology
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium, a $20 million initiative designed to make cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar...
First Solar Supplies Additional 2.4 GW of PV Tech to Intersect Power
First Solar Inc. has entered into an agreement to supply 2.4 GW DC of its high-performance, advanced thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules to Intersect...
NovaSource Brings Solar DC Availability Guarantee to North American Market
NovaSource Power Services, a portfolio company of Clairvest Group Inc., is adding the next evolution of services to its product lifecycle packages for the...
Claresholm Project Begins Operations with Astronergy Solar Panels
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module brand company Astronergy has delivered over 180 MW of ASTRO series PV panels for Canada’s Claresholm Solar farm, which started...
Sonepar Expands Solar Racking Selections with EcoFasten Partnership
Sonepar USA, a subsidiary of Sonepar Group, and EcoFasten Solar LLC, an Esdec Solar Group company, have formed a new partnership. The collaboration with...
Erthos Technology Deploys Solar Tech on Directional Services Projects in California
Erthos Inc., an energy technology company focused on utility-scale solar, has begun commercial operations for four more Earth Mount Solar PV projects in California....
Boviet Solar, Origis Energy Sign 700 MW Supply Deal for PV Modules
Boviet Solar Technology Co. Ltd., a global solar energy technology company specializing in the manufacturing of PERC PV cells, monofacial and bifacial PV modules,...
NREL Scientists Delve into Reducing Carbon Impact of PV Technology
In their new paper in Joule, “Embodied Energy and Carbon from the Manufacture of Cadmium Telluride and Silicon Photovoltaics,” National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)...
Ingeteam Begins Production of Power Stations for PV Plants, Energy Storage Systems
Ingeteam has started manufacturing its new INGECON SUN FSK power stations for photovoltaic plants and storage systems. It is a solution for large-scale projects...
NREL Investigates Recycling Strategies for Solar Tech, Need for Less Materials
In a new comprehensive literature review, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered that alternatives to recycling...
National Grid Places 2 GW PV Module Order with First Solar
First Solar Inc. has signed a framework agreement with National Grid Renewables for 2 GW DC of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules.
Scheduled for delivery...
Partners Band Together to Create Solar Buyer Consortium
The AES Corp. has partnered with Clearway Energy Group, Cypress Creek Renewables and D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) to form the U.S. Solar...
Acento Real Estate Partners Participates in PI Energy PV Cell Installation Pilot
Acento Real Estate Partners has partnered with PI Energy for pilot installations of next-generation photovoltaic (PV) cell technology on its buildings across the U.S....