North America

Generac's C&I company returns to growth as web sales rise 70%.
Power item provider Generac's sales got better in the initial 3 months of 2021, raising 70% compared to the same duration last year.
May 4, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, generac power
Duke Energy targets 23% renewables in power result by 2030
United States utilities group Duke Energy Corp (NYSE: DUK) will certainly seek to create 23% of its electricity from wind, solar and hydropower by 2030 as it devotes to add more renewables into the mix.
Apr 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Duke Energy, North America, Katherine Neebe
GP JOULE transforms sod on 106 MW of solar in Canada
EPC specialist GP JOULE North America stated Thursday that it has actually begun building three solar PV projects completing some 106 MW in Canada.
Apr 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canada, North America, PV Power Plant, GP Joule, British Columbia
Toledo Uni Scientists Make 6.4% Effective Antimony Selenide Solar Cell
In a paper entitled 'Influence of Post-selenization Temperature Level on the Performance of Substrate-Type Sb2Se3 Solar Cells', published in the peer-reviewed journal ACS Publications (whose parent organisation is American Chemical Society), scientists working at the University of Toledo in the USA have actually developed a 6.43%-efficient solar cell utilizing antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) films with favourable crystalline properties.
Apr 30, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, university of toledo, North America, efficiency
Hydrogen in crossbreed perovskites is less innocent than it looks
Researchers in the products department in UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering have uncovered a significant reason for constraints to effectiveness in a brand-new generation of solar cells.
Apr 30, 2021 // Technology, USA, hydrogen, solar cell, perovskite, North America, UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering
Dominion seeks 1GW in Virginia
US designer crazy about brand-new solar, onshore wind and also energy storage projects
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, dominion, Ed Baine
Hoosier Solar planning 1.6 GW of solar projects in the Hoosier state
Hoosier Solar Holdings is establishing 1,600 MW of solar projects in financially troubled, country communities across Indiana that have actually been designated as "Qualified Opportunity Zones."
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Solar Project, Hoosier Solar Holdings, Paul Mitchell, T.J. Kanczuzewski, Carl Weatherley-White
Nextracker progresses with prepared initial public offering
California-headquartered solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker is moving forward with a proposed going public (IPO) of the business.
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, IPO, trackers, North America, Flex, Nextracker, initial public offering, listing
Sunnova revenue surges as United States residential solar need continues to be high
Sunnova has reported a surge in Q1 2021 profits as the US residential solar installer lauded its software application as well as services capabilities.
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, TESLA, Sunrun, SunPower, Sunnova, North America, William J. Berger
SEIA concerns new protocol to promote ethical solar supply chains
The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has introduced a new tool to make it simpler for solar designers to map where their modules and modern technologies are made and make sure an ethical supply chain.
Apr 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, SunPower, North America, labour, solar supply chain, Suzanne Leta, xingjiang
Advanced Power Accomplishes Financial Close of 140-MWdc Cutlass Solar project
Advanced Power introduced today that it has successfully closed the funding of Cutlass Solar, a 140-MWdc photovoltaic solar electrical creating facility situated in Fort Bend Region, Texas. Advanced Power, along with its co-investors, ENEOS Firm ("ENEOS") and Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd. ("Fuyo"), are the owners of the facility.
Apr 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, North America, Renewable Energy, Photovoltaic Solar, Advanced Power, Cutlass Solar, ENEOS Corporation, Fort Bend County, Thomas Spang
United States solar energy grows by 26% in 2020
Last year simply under 91,000 m KWh of solar thermal as well as photovoltaic power was created
Apr 28, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Rex Pascual
Enphase beats Q1 advice but semiconductor scarcities weigh heavy on forecasts
Enphase Energy beat its profits advice in Q1 2021 as the microinverter supplier left to a strong start to 2021, nevertheless a recurring semiconductor lack has weighed heavy on assistance for the rest of the year.
Apr 28, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, Enphase Energy, inverter, North America, Badri Kothandaraman, microinverter, semiconductor shortage
Tesla solar growth continues however 'significant blunders' in roofing evaluations holding back Solar Roof development
Tesla's household solar growth has continued into Q1 2021, yet Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has admitted to running into major concerns in roofing system evaluations, which have put on hold installs of its Solar Roofing system product.
Apr 28, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, Solar Roof, North America, solar-storage, supply chain, powerwall
Research study paves the way for brand-new photosensitive products
Photocatalysts serve materials, with a myriad of environmental and power applications, including air purification, water treatment, self-cleaning surface areas, pollution-fighting paints and coverings, hydrogen production as well as CO2 conversion to lasting gas.
Apr 28, 2021 // Technology, USA, North America, Scott Sayres, photosensitive materials