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Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and also the University of New South Wales attained a new world-record performance for two-junction solar cells, producing a cell with two light-absorbing layers that transforms 32.9% of sunshine into electrical power.

McCarthy Building Companies' Renewable Energy as well as Storage Group just recently celebrated the completion of building and also final appointing of the 128-MWdc Milford Solar I Project in Beaver County, Utah.

Apex Clean Energy has actually closed its refinancing round with US$ 200 million to establish more utility-scale wind, solar and storage projects in the United States.

Ormat Technologies Inc. has finished the acquisition of a shovel-ready power storage property in Upton County, Texas.

Stock First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) Director R Craig Kennedy sold 550 shares of the company's supply in a purchase on Tuesday, December 15th.

Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced its 2020 Solar "Makers" as well as "Brakers" checklist highlighting several of one of the most impactful policies influencing rooftop solar growth throughout the warm South.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will certainly reserve US$ 45 million to develop technology that will enable businesses to bring "big amounts of solar" onto the grid.

United States house renovation business Lowe's strategies to obtain renewable resource from a solar project for the very first time after securing a manage designer Swift Current Energy.

Firms checking out chances to build solar wafer, cell, module abilities

Capital Dynamics' Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) company has signed a 280MW power acquisition contract (PPA) with Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of utility firm NiSource.

United States independent power producer Silicon Ranch Corporation has actually shut an investment round that brought in US$ 225 million in new equity capital.

A global study group including Professor Federico Rosei of the Institut nationwide de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has shown a novel procedure to modify the framework as well as residential or commercial properties of graphene.

74 Power Global as well as Con Edison have authorized a seven-year send off legal rights contract for the advancement of a 100-MW power storage project, the East River Energy Storage System in Astoria, Queens.

During a year unlike any other, Solar Power World proceeded working hard to bring solar installers, designers and also manufacturers the functions and also information they needed to do their jobs much better. Without meetings to participate in for chances to learn more about the latest items as well as fads in the sector, SPW editors recognized it was more crucial than ever before to maintain viewers up-to-date with prompt posts.

U.S. solar companies installed 3.8 GW of brand-new solar PV capacity in Q3 2020, a 9% rise from Q2 installations as the industry experienced a recuperation from the most awful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.