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Heliene officially unveiled its new solar panel assembly lines to the general public this week in Iron Mountain, Minnesota. The Canadian photovoltaic panel company has actually been running a 150-MW manufacturing facility in Minnesota because 2018. Those lines are still making typical 60- and 72-cell panels using legacy equipment, but now directly next door, brand new equipment will be making mono- and also bifacial panels with half-cut cells at a 420-MW annual capacity plant.

The procurement substantially strengthens its renewable development pipeline in The United States and Canada. The deal consists of 33 projects making up some 2.7 GW of solar with 0.7 GW of paired storage and 2.6 GW of stand-alone battery storage.

Protectionist policies limit flow of goods as well as capital: study Such procedures can add 25% to solar module prices by 2030

US renewable bitcoin mining operator Aspen Creek Digital Corporation (ACDC) on Wednesday introduced the beginning of operation of its second solar-powered information centre and also transformed its interest to the upcoming third project which is even larger.

Renewable energy programmer rPlus Energies has actually signed a long-lasting power purchase contract (PPA) with electrical utility PacifiCorp for a 400-MWAC solar project incorporated with a 200-MW battery energy storage space system (BESS) in Emery County, Utah. The Green River Energy Center is presently the largest prepared solar + storage center in Utah and also among the largest centers in the PacifiCorp system.

Microinverter maker Enphase has announced plans to launch four to 6 manufacturing lines in the United States by the second half of 2023 to capitalize on manufacturing production tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Microinverters are qualified for up to 11 cents/ WAC in manufacturing tax credits in the IRA.

Loan facilities will certainly fund Gaskell West 2 and 3 schemes in California in addition to 80MW storage system

Switzerland-based power manufacturer Advanced Power has gotten USD 60 million (EUR 60.8 m) in the red funding to speed up the growth of its 8-GW pipeline of renewable resource projects in the US.

International renewable energy platform Matrix Renewables claimed on Tuesday that it has actually protected USD 217 million (EUR 220m) in building money for a pair of solar power projects with energy storage in California.

New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard and also representatives from Chevron dedicated a new solar array being built on state trust land in Swirl County.

US solar project designer Innovative Solar Systems LLC (ISS) revealed today that the business is being marketed at a solid price of USD 150 million (EUR 153m).

United States chocolate producer Hershey Co (NYSE: HSY), much better referred to as Hershey's, will offtake most of the electrical energy coming from a 150-MW solar park prepared to be developed by National Grid Renewables in Texas' Falls County.

Lightsource bp, the UK-based, BP Plc (LON: BP)-backed solar designer, on Thursday inaugurated its 130-MW DC/100-MW AC Black Bear Solar project, one of the largest solar farms in Alabama.

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC introduced on Thursday it has actually obtained a pre-operational solar portfolio in Vermont with a combined capacity in direct current (DC) of approximately 7.6 MW.

GridUnity revealed that Entergy Services has chosen the company's cloud-based Interconnection Lifecycle Management software to streamline the interconnection process for distributed energy sources. Entergy supplies electrical power to about 3 million customers via 5 operating companies in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi as well as Texas.