North America

Enphase Energy acquires lead generation firm SolarLeadFactory, wishes to increase conversion rates
Microinverter provider Enphase Energy has actually acquired lead generation business SolarLeadFactory for an undisclosed quantity.
Mar 17, 2022 // Inverters, USA, Enphase Energy, North America, acquisition, lead generation, SolarLeadFactory, Clayton Cornell
Indiana Michigan Power seeks proposals for 500MW of solar
United States utility Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) has actually provided a request for proposals (RFP) for 500MW of solar as part of its new incorporated resource strategy that requires the addition of more than 2GW of renewables by 2028.
Mar 17, 2022 // Plants, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, Michigan, North America, rfp, Indiana, irp, utility, indiana michigan power
Solar Trade Probe Poses Threat to United State Projects, Developers Say
Commerce Department to make a decision by March 25 on investigation California company alleges Chinese suppliers skirt tariffs
Mar 16, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, China, Asia, North America
Materials scientists discover why perovskite solar cells degrade in sunlight
Materials researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering as well as colleagues from five other universities all over the world have discovered the significant reason that perovskite solar cells-- which show excellent assurance for improved energy-conversion performance-- degrade in sunlight, causing their performance to suffer over time.
Mar 16, 2022 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, University of California, efficiency, Yang Yang
ESS launches in Europe
Energy storage outfit will begin European deployment of its long-duration batteries in H2 2022
Mar 16, 2022 // Storage, USA, North America, Eric Dresselhuys, ESS
FTC Solar on 'cusp of profitability' as revenue surpasses expectations, announces acquisition of HX Tracker
US-headquartered solar tracker manufacturer FTC Solar said it was "on the cusp of profitability" after its revenue for Q4 2021 came in above the luxury of its recently downgraded support. It likewise revealed it had actually entered a contract to acquire Chinese tracker company HX Tracker.
Mar 16, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, USA, financial results, trackers, North America, ftc solar, acquisition, HX Tracker
Green Lantern Solar completes 500-kW array for employee-owned producer
Renewable energy developer Green Lantern Solar finished a solar array for Chroma, a qualified B Corporation in the precision optical filter sector. The 500-kW ground-mount array is generating sufficient energy to offset one-third of Chroma's annual energy expenses.
Mar 15, 2022 // Plants, USA, North America, Green Lantern Solar, Weston Martin
High electricity costs, policy support driving roof PV deployment globally
Set up roof solar capacity internationally is on track to raise 61% in between 2021 as well as 2025 as policy support urges deployment and also homeowners want to minimize high electricity prices.
Mar 15, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, China, Australia, Asia, Oceania, North America, feed-in tariff, soft costs, rystad energy, deployment statistics, costs
PNE offers 280MW solar duo in US and Romania
Both projects are the first PV plants the firm has actually offloaded as part of its increased company version
Mar 14, 2022 // Plants, USA, Europe, North America, Romania, PNE
Rocket Lab reveals space solar cell with 33.3% efficiency
The brand-new tool is based on an upside down metamorphic multi-junction (IMM) cell modern technology created by Rocket Lab's unit Solaero. The cell can be made use of in applications in the civil, military, and also commercial space markets.
Mar 11, 2022 // Technology, USA, solar cell, North America, efficiency, Brad Clevenger, Rocket Lab
Balance of systems maker Shoals opens Tennessee manufacturing facility
Shoals Technologies, an electrical balance of systems (EBOS) services company for solar, storage space and electrical vehicle (EV) billing facilities, has actually opened a brand-new production center in Rose city, Tennessee.
Mar 11, 2022 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, shoals technologies
Duke Energy fires up 34MW Florida battery trio
Projects include firm's very first storage space center connected to a utility-scale solar plant in the state
Mar 11, 2022 // Storage, USA, Duke Energy, North America
Gore Street makes US debut with 80MW storage spree
BESS owner has acquired 8 9.9 MW battery assets in Texas from PPST
Mar 10, 2022 // Storage, USA, North America, Gore Street
Lightsource BP compensations 300MW Colorado solar
Bighorn is the very first of two large-scale PV projects McCarthy Building Companies has developed for the designer
Mar 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Lightsource BP, North America, solar farm, Justin Peterson
Commerce extends review duration for Auxin Solar petition despite market lobbying
The US Department of Commerce has actually offered itself more time to examine an anti-circumvention petition from Auxin Solar despite cautions from greater than 200 business that recommended tariffs could create "tragic and also unneeded injury" to the country's PV industry.
Mar 10, 2022 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, Auxin Solar, regulation, circumvention, countervailing duties, department of commerce, anti dumping, AD/CVD, SOLV Energy, import tariffs,, policy,, seia,