North America

Washington state reveals policies to guide utilities to carbon-free generation by 2045
Utilities running in the US state of Washington should remove coal-fired generation by the end of 2025 as well as resource 100% of their electricity from sustainable or non-carbon-emitting resources by 2045, according to new guidelines revealed by regulators.
Jan 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, Washington, utilities, North America, legislation, pacific power, avista, puget sound energy
Eight brand-new solar power sites begin running in Genesee and Saginaw Counties
Customers Energy, Pine Gate Renewables as well as Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., have introduced five new solar power projects in Genesee County and also three in Saginaw County are currently on the internet as well as offering clean, sustainable electricity for Consumers Energy clients.
Jan 12, 2021 // Plants, USA, pv power plants, North America, Ben Catt, Tim Sparks, Jon Levinson, Bryant Nolden
DoE give will certainly money research study into solar power and power grids
A team of researchers from Binghamton University has actually been selected to get $2.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to develop methods to dependably support higher amounts of solar energy on the grid.
Jan 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, doe, Ziang "John" Zhang
Record 15.4 GW of utility-scale solar to find online in the US this year, EIA says
A record quantity of utility-scale PV ability is anticipated to be linked to the grid in the United States this year, with Texas audit for more than a quarter of solar enhancements, according to brand-new data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Jan 12, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Grids, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, solar-plus-storage, North America, EIA
Utility Black Hills Energy intends 200MW PV project, 80% discharges decrease in Colorado
United States utility Black Hills Energy will certainly break ground on its very first utility-scale solar project this year, as it introduces plans to achieve an 80% decrease in greenhouse gas exhausts from its Colorado generation operations by 2030.
Jan 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Colorado, North America, black hills energy, Vance Crocker
Stem Awarded 68 MWh Storage Projects to assist Reduced Income California Families
Stem, an AI-driven storage space systems carrier, has actually bagged 68 MWh storage space projects in the most recent California SGIP Non-Residential Equity lottery.
Jan 8, 2021 // Storage, California, USA, North America, Stem, Self-Generation Incentive Program, John E. Carrington
SunPower relaxing Hillsboro panel assembly plant
SunPower is to permanently close its solar panel setting up plant in Hillsboro, Oregon with the loss of around 170 jobs.
Jan 8, 2021 // Manufacturing News, USA, SunPower, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, PERC, North America, Tom Werner
Trina Solar protects record 4GW panel supply take care of NextEra Energy
'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant Trina Solar has signed a lasting PV module supply take care of United States power major NextEra Energy amounting to 4GW, thought to be the largest order of its kind outside of China.
Jan 8, 2021 // Manufacturing News, USA, pv power plants, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Trina Solar, North America, NextEra Energy
Lightsource bp Signs Power Contract for 153 MW Solar Project in Texas
Lightsource bp has actually protected a proxy generation power acquisition arrangement (pgPPA) with the Capital Solutions system of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), in partnership with Nephila Climate. The pgPPA is for electricity produced by Lightsource bp's 153 megawatt Briar Creek solar farm, located in Navarro County, Texas.
Jan 8, 2021 // Plants, USA, Texas, Lightsource BP, North America, Kevin Smith, solar farm, Vijay Suchdev, Ariane West
Engineers locate anti-oxidants improve nanoscale visualization of polymers
Reactive particles, such as totally free radicals, can be generated in the body after direct exposure to certain atmospheres or materials and also go on to trigger cell damages. Anti-oxidants can lessen this damage by connecting with the radicals prior to they affect cells.
Jan 8, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, North America, Enrique Gomez
SunPower shutting solar module manufacturing plant in Oregon
SunPower, a solar innovation as well as power providers, introduced that it will certainly close SunPower Manufacturing Oregon, its photovoltaic panel manufacturing plant in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Jan 8, 2021 // Manufacturing News, USA, SunPower, North America, Oregon, Tom Werner
Solar-plus-pumped hydro project will bring Hawaiian island of Kaua'i to 80%+ renewables
A large-scale solar PV system coupled with pumped hydro power storage could cover as high as 25% of the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i's power demand, pressing the island's overall share of renewables in its energy mix past 80%.
Jan 8, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, solar-plus-storage, Hawaii, North America, agrophotovoltaics, pumped hydro, irrigation, hydroelectric power, long-duration, David Bissell
Agilitas Power buys 8.9-MW solar project in Massachusetts
United States solar and power storage space programmer Agilitas Energy has acquired an 8.9-MW solar project that is currently under construction in Massachusetts and will be paired with battery storage space.
Jan 7, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Solar Project, Barrett Bilotta, Agilitas Power
Canadian Solar offloads 144MW Texas PV to Duke
Pflugerville project in Travis County is unfinished as well as is anticipated to be operational in mid-2021
Jan 7, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, Canadian Solar, Duke Energy, North America, Shawn Qu
Origis Energy backed by Global Atlantic for buyout of initial investors
Solar and also storage space programmer Origis Energy has revealed a management acquistion of its initial investors, a purchase it states "solidifies United States control" of the company.
Jan 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, solar-plus-storage, North America, Origis Energy, Guy Vanderhaegen