North America

Summit Ridge Energy completes 2.5-MW community solar project in Maryland
Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) as well as Cedar Ridge Community Church held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 30 to celebrate the completion of a 2.5 MWdc community solar project in Montgomery County, Maryland.
May 2, 2022 // Plants, USA, North America, Maryland, Solar Project, summit ridge energy
Senators Plead With Biden for Quick End to Solar Trade Probe
Examination endangers acute damage to united state solar, group says Tariff supporters state united state needs to develop solar supply chain
May 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, USA, North America, Joe Biden
Free Solar Panels End Up Being An Issue In Mexico politics
Setup of photovoltaic panels for free onto residences has become a subject of confrontation and debate in between the Mexico's ruling party of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as well as Marko Cortes, leader of the center-right National Action Party (PAN) considering that Sunday when the latter argued in favour of the proposal surveying its renewable resource credentials.
May 2, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Solar Panels, Mexico, North America, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Obrador
Convergent supplies three solar-storage projects in Maryland as state ups 2031 decarbonisation target
Energy storage remedies carrier and project developer Convergent Energy + Power has brought 3 more solar-plus-storage projects totalling 8MWh of energy capacity online in the United States state of Maryland, which simply raised its decarbonisation objectives for 2031.
Apr 29, 2022 // Storage, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, Maryland, renewables integration, Convergent Energy + Power, Frank Genova
SEIA calls AD/CVD case 'monumental loss' for US as it slashes solar forecasts by 24GW as well as warns of 100,000 job losses
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has actually lowered its United States solar installment forecasts by 24GW over the following two years adhering to the United States government's decision to explore the circumvention of duties in Southeast Asia, asserting 100,000 solar jobs will be shed because of this.
Apr 29, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, North America, modules, solar jobs, department of commerce, anti dumping, AD/CVD, module supp
Meyer Burger optimising production development to 1.4 GW in Germany to cater for European demand
Heterojunction cell and also module supplier Meyer Burger has actually started development of a brand-new module facility with an additional 400MW in Germany to cater for European demand.
Apr 29, 2022 // Manufacturing News, USA, manufacturing, Germany, Europe, meyer burger, North America, modules, cells, module production, production capacity
United States PV tariff cuts 'put 24GW in jeopardy'
Solar Energy Industries Association's analysis lowers installation projections for 2022 and also 2023 by 46%.
Apr 29, 2022 // Tariffs, USA, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper
United States DOE announces 20 finalists for its American-Made Solar Prize, cash prizes as well as assistance supplied
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has revealed the 20 finalists moving forward in its American-Made Solar Prize Round 5, which will certainly see 10 hardware-focused and also 10 software-focused teams relocate via to the following round and also get cash prizes.
Apr 29, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, NREL, North America, Hardware, doe, software, america-made solar prize
Judge sides with Elon Musk in lawsuit over SolarCity
The group of financiers, which includes union pension plan funds and also other institutional investors, argued that SolarCity was a failing enterprise that dealt with "likely bankruptcy" were it except the activities of Musk and also other Tesla board members, who also had large equity risks in SolarCity.
Apr 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, SolarCity, North America, Delaware, Dan Ives
'Major win' for solar PV as Florida governor vetoes net metering adjustments
Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has actually vetoed questionable legislation to transform the state's net metering laws that would have substantially stripped down the benefits of having residential solar and allowed utilities to include additional charges to customers' power bills.
Apr 28, 2022 // Residential, Policy, USA, Florida, North America, net metering, HB 741, ron desantis
US DOE commits over US$ 500m to Utah green hydrogen hub
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) Loans Program Office (LPO) has committed to a conditional US$ 504 million investment into the development of a significant green hydrogen hub in Utah.
Apr 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Utah, North America, mitsubishi, green hydrogen, doe
Repsol powers up first US solar site
Jicarilla 2, in the state of New Mexico, has an overall mounted capacity of 62.5 MW.
Apr 27, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, repsol, PV Power Plant, Victoria Zingoni
TotalEnergies gets Core Solar, adding 4GW of solar and also storage to United States pipe
French energy major TotalEnergies has gotten solar programmer Core Solar and its 4GW portfolio of growth solar and battery storage possessions.
Apr 27, 2022 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, acquisitions, Battery Energy Storage, TotalEnergies, core solar, portfolio acquisition
First Solar to supply 1GW of modules to Leeward Renewable Energy
First Solar will supply 1GWdc of its thin film modules to PV project designer Leeward Renewable Energy as part of a multi-year procurement arrangement in between the firms.
Apr 26, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, PV module, North America, leeward renewable energy
US duo close finance for 1.3 GW Nevada PV-plus-storage
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and also Primergy Solar secure almost EUR2bn for the Gemini project
Apr 26, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, quinbrook infrastructure partners, Ty Daul, primergy solar, PV-plus-storage