North America

Sunpro Solar initially to install new NeON LG solar panel in US
Sunpro Solar reports that they will be the initial solar service provider in the U.S. to set up the new series of LG NeON 355 watts photovoltaic panels.
Sep 15, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Sunpro Solar, NeON LG solar panel, David Chang, Dean Scott
Walmart launches 'Gigaton PPA' campaign to reinforce its supply chain's renewables credentials
US-based providers of Walmart will certainly be able to contract for renewable resource as a cohort under a new effort released by the retailer together with Schneider Electric.
Sep 15, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, Schneider Electric, Walmart, North America
Google to produce simpler eco-friendly power acquisition pathways
The tech giant has removed its entire carbon legacy and also is moving toward running totally on renewables, 24/7. More notably, it's aiming to develop paths for other sustainable buyers to follow in its wake.
Sep 15, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Google, Jason Tundermann
All Energy Solar completes uncommon Minnesota solar project meant to function as art setup
Enphase Energy introduced that All Energy Solar, a full-service energy business offering residential, commercial, farming, and government consumers in the Midwest and Northeast, has actually deployed Enphase IQ 7+ microinverters in a special, building-face-mounted solar array in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 208 VAC, three-phase solar system, which was created and also set up by All Energy Solar, currently provides tidy solar power to the MoZaic East commercial structure to match the building's LEED Gold qualification.
Sep 14, 2020 // Plants, USA, Enphase Energy, North America, Senthil Balasubramanian, Dave Ranhoff, Michael R. Allen
NREL scientists approximate international possibility of hydro-linked floating PV at up to 7.5 TW
The U.S. based scientists said connecting solar with hydro in a full crossbreed system configuration might result-- at finest-- in the release of 7,593 GW for an approximated yearly power generation of 10,616 TWh as well as a 20% reservoir coverage. As well as incorporating solar with hydro by doing this brings additional benefits, consisting of improved system operation at different time scales, even more opportunities for storage space thanks to pumped hydro, boosted usage prices of transmission lines, lowered PV curtailment, and lower affiliation expenses and also water dissipation.
Sep 14, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, USA, NREL, floating PV, North America
Duke, project designers squash solar interconnection disputes in Carolinas
A number of hundred megawatts of additional solar projects are established for completion in North as well as South Carolina in the next two years thanks to the resolution of a range of affiliation disputes.
Sep 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Duke Energy, North America, utility, Steve Levitas
Solar Market Insight Report 2020 Q3
In Q2 2020, the U.S. solar market mounted 3.5 GWdc of solar PV, down 6% from Q1 Residential installments were down 23% from Q1 to Q2 2020, due mainly to shelter-in-place orders during the preliminary phases of the Covid-19 pandemic that imposed restrictions on marketing as well as mounting household solar.
Sep 11, 2020 // Market Research, USA, North America
US developer secures 15-year PPA for 400 MW of PV, 180 MW/540 MWh of storage
8minute Solar will build the Rexford 1 Solar & Storage Center in main California, with the Clean Power Alliance functioning as offtaker.
Sep 11, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, 8minute Solar
Morning Brief: SEIA forecasts 18 GW of solar for 2020 with 3.5 GW set up in Q2
Additionally in the brief: BayWa r.e. expands PV and also storage abilities with procurement of Enable Energy, Hemlock Semiconductor to up and down incorporate polysilicon production.
Sep 10, 2020 // Market Research, USA, SEIA, North America, baywa r.e.
UNITED STATE Air Force Research Laboratory Invests in NREL Solar Cell Project
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory will purchase a strategy established at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to bring spacefaring solar modern technology down to Earth.
Sep 10, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, USA, NREL, solar cell, North America, Aaron Ptak
Solar Power Finds Ripe New Market in Crop Protection
Which solar panel works best with which crop? The response to that concern is being looked for in hundreds of farms worldwide.
Sep 10, 2020 // Market Research, USA, Japan, France, Germany, South Korea, China, Europe, Asia, Netherlands, North America, baywa r.e., tata power solar, Ashish Khanna, Stephan Schindele, Sascha KrauseTunker, Maximilian Vorast, Sohini Gupta, Ajit Jain
The Solar+ Decade & American Renewable Energy Manufacturing
SEIA has an ambitious goal-- solar power will certainly make up 20% of all U.S. power generation by 2030. To reach this target, the large growth the solar market realized over the last decade will require to continue for the next years.
Sep 10, 2020 // Market Research, USA, SEIA, North America
100 Gigawatts of Domestic Production Ability by 2030
You most likely listened to the disagreements why U.S. solar manufacturing can not contend. Our labor expenses are too high. It's all automated so there aren't that many jobs anyways. And also it's too late, we can not catch-up with various other nations.
Sep 10, 2020 // Market Research, USA, SEIA, North America
Utility Solar Market Drives Q2 Growth as Pandemic Causes Drop in Rooftop Solar Installations
The U.S. solar market remains strong, though pandemic work stoppages remain to create difficulties for distributed solar.
Sep 10, 2020 // Market Research, USA, SEIA, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, Austin Perea
BayWa r.e. ramps up United States ambition via Enable Energy procurement
German renewables programmer BayWa r.e. has purchased US-based solar and power storage space options company Enable Energy Inc (EEI), taking its pipe of solar and also wind projects in the Americas to greater than 5GW.
Sep 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, baywa r.e., Axel Veeser, Brad Ferrell