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American-designed Aptos Solar modules pass increased environmental examinations
California-designed and also Vietnam-made Aptos Solar Technology modules have efficiently finished sped up ecological examinations performed by Renewable Energy Testing Center (RETC). The information revealed from testing confirms the reliability of Aptos Solar Technology's DNA modules for extreme weather conditions over an extensive time period.
Oct 8, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, PV module, North America, Aptos Solar Technology, Cherif Kedir, Frank Pham
Alphabet as well as SoftBank's solar-powered drone gives initial LTE connection
Airborne cell towers have a variety of benefits over their earthbound brethren. They can cover a better geographical location and also be relocated to where they're needed. Yet while the concept is years of ages, the innovation is still under development.
Oct 8, 2020 // Technology, USA, Japan, Asia, North America, Softbank, solar drone, Alphabet, Junichi Miyakawa
Altus Power Acquires Operating Solar Portfolio in Georgia
Altus Power America, Inc. ("Altus Power") has completed the procurement of a 4-megawatt operating solar profile comprised of four single-axis tracker projects and one fixed-tilt project. The projects offer tidy, renewable energy to Georgia Power. The solar projects generate around 6.5 million kilowatt hrs of electrical power every year, enough power to power 540 homes. The portfolio was obtained from Beltline Energy, LLC.
Oct 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Altus Power America, Sean Rheuben, Stephen Elkind
Scatec Solar's 47 MW Redsol project has actually started commercial procedure
Scatec Solar and companions have grid linked as well as got to commercial operation for the 47 MW Redsol project in Northwest Malaysia. The solar power plant is expected to deliver 67 GWh of electrical power each year and bring about the reduction of concerning 44,000 tonnes of Carbon Monoxide ² exhausts every year.
Oct 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec Solar, Malaysia, Asia, North America, Redsol
US residential solar 'removing' as all comers observing quarterly sales development
The United States residential solar market has ridden out a rough third quarter to tape-record impressive setup and sales quantities, offering the market energy to possibly stay clear of the seasonal slowdown usually experienced at the tail end of the year.
Oct 6, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Roth Capital, covid-19, Matt Potere, Dan Javan, Chuck Norris
Poland Springs bottling plant to be partly powered by a 10-MW solar center
Nestlé Waters North America introduced last month that it plans to construct a 10-megawatt AC (12.97-megawatt DC) solar project at its Poland Spring bottling plant in Hollis, Maine. This recommended solar power installment would provide sufficient tidy electricity to satisfy roughly 20-25% of the current power demands of the center.
Oct 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Maine, Nestlé Waters, Poland Spring, Cameron Lorrain
DESRI begin in Louisiana, SunPower's ESG and also diversity push
A round-up of the current stories from the United States solar market, including information of D. E. Shaw breaking ground on Louisiana's biggest under-construction solar farm as well as a double hire from Sunpower to boost its ESG and variety qualifications.
Oct 6, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, Lightsource BP, North America, DESRI, Tom Werner, esg, diversity
Behind the surge of US utility-driven solar
As the US turns in the direction of a presidential political election that will quite choose the nation's path for the next four years, federal plan in the direction of renewables as well as, certainly, climate action generally, hangs in the balance.
Oct 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Trump, North America, biden, utility solar, Devashree Saha
Lightsource BP finishes Bighorn Solar financing
Lightsource BP has actually effectively closed on a $285 million financing bundle for its 300MW Bighorn Solar project, which will be found on EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel mill residential or commercial property in Pueblo, Colorado, and begun building and construction.
Oct 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Lightsource BP, North America, Kevin Smith, Alice Jackson, Jared Polis
Entergy New Orleans brings largest commercial rooftop solar project to Louisiana
A 2.4 MW solar project went on the internet in New Orleans this week care of Entergy New Orleans, executing Louisiana's biggest commercial roof solar project.
Oct 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, USA, North America, Solar Project, Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, David Ellis
Vistra to spend US$ 850m on almost 1GW of solar and storage projects in Texas
Texas-based Vistra will certainly develop nearly 1GW of solar and also storage projects in the following 2 years as the utility plans to attain internet zero carbon discharges by 2050.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, solar-plus-storage, North America, Vistra, ERCOT, Curt Morgan, utility
Helios acquires 50MW center, Duke plans floating solar park at military base
Helios acquires 50MW center, Duke plans floating solar park at military base
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, USA, PPA, floating PV, Duke Energy, solar-plus-storage, North America, NextEra, sol systems, Louisiana, helios infrastructure, us utility, edf renewables,
Utility-Scale Solar Capacity net Additions in US to Rise 10% Yearly to 2024: Report
Utility-scale solar producing capability internet additions in the United States are forecast to see compound annual development of 10 percent in regards to watts through 2024.
Sep 30, 2020 // Market Research, USA, North America, Market research, International, Freedonia Focus
Untapped potential exists for blending hydropower, floating PV
Hybrid systems of floating photovoltaic panels and also hydropower plants might hold the technical capacity to create a substantial section of the electricity created yearly around the world, according to an analysis by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Sep 30, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, USA, NREL, floating PV, North America, Nathan Lee
Ameren targets 5.4 GW renewables ability by 2040 in web no aspiration
United States utility Ameren will certainly spend nearly US$ 8 billion to develop renewable resource over the next 20 years as it targets net-zero carbon exhausts by 2050 throughout all procedures in Missouri and Illinois.
Sep 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, SEPA, North America, ameren, irp, utility, Marty Lyons, Warner Baxter, Ashok Gupta