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Envision Digital's platform gives 'data driven insights' to enable automation, effectiveness, value for PV designer

New united state photovoltaic panel manufacturer SPI Energy/SolarJuice introduced that it has actually begun manufacturing on 450-W as well as 550-W solar panels at its facility in Sacramento, California.

California's grid operator has actually green-lighted a new plan to upgrade and increase the state's transmission system as even more renewables come online amidst increased electrification.

Subsidies can still be a vital driving force of solar adoption among reduced- as well as moderate-income (LMI) families in the US offered the reasonably high up-front cost of mounting PV systems, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab).

Standard Solar is partnering with The Catholic University of America to construct the Washington metropolitan region's biggest urban community solar array on the University's campus in Northeast D.C

The United State Department of Energy released an action strategy to make it possible for the safe as well as responsible handling of solar PV end-of-life (EOL) materials. The tasks outlined in the plan will certainly reduce the environmental effect of solar energy while sustaining the Biden Administration's goal to decarbonize the power grid by 2035.

The quoted price of residential solar in the United States inched up in the second fifty percent of last year, more than likely due to the results of supply chain constraints and shortages, new research from marketplace carrier EnergySage has actually disclosed.

Canadian independent power producer (IPP) Switch Power Corporation has consented to market its 50% stake in a vehicle that owns 4 solar PV projects with an integrated capacity of 75 MW (AC) in Alberta, Canada.

The projects are anticipated to be finished in 2022 and also 2023

Microinverter provider Enphase Energy has actually acquired lead generation business SolarLeadFactory for an undisclosed quantity.

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.

Commerce Department to make a decision by March 25 on investigation California company alleges Chinese suppliers skirt tariffs

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.

Energy storage outfit will begin European deployment of its long-duration batteries in H2 2022

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.