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Vivint Solar refutes contract forgery allegations

Vivint Solar has refuted claims by short-seller Marcus Aurelius Value of “malfeasance” around sale contracts, in a counteroffensive launched after days of gradual stock share decline.

Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, Residential PV, vivint, North America, litigation, court dispute, short-sellers, baml, pv residential installer, Marcus Aurelius Value, Philip Shen

Tesla’s unionising pushback violated federal labour law, court finds

A federal administrative judge has ruled that Tesla violated US labour laws on 12 different occasions where it thwarted efforts by factory employees to form a union.

Oct 1, 2019 // Manufacturing News, California, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, SolarCity, Walmart, North America, lawsuits

California firm contracts ‘astoundingly’ cheap solar-plus-storage pipeline

The US state of California has witnessed yet another claim of ultra-low solar prices, recorded in the context of a major contracting exercise by a community energy group.

Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Tariffs, California, USA, Nick Chaset, EBCE, sPower, pv power plants, solar-plus-storage, BESS, North America, 8minutenergy, terra-gen, 8minute Solar Energy

Hanwha Q Cells Dedicates Largest Solar Panel Factory In Western Hemisphere

Hanwha Q Cells officially opened its 300,000 square foot solar panel factory in Dalton, Georgia last week, claiming it is the largest such manufacturing facility in the western hemisphere.

Sep 30, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Tariffs, Policy, USA, Georgia, Jinko Solar, First Solar, Trump, Europe, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Brian Kemp, Scott Moskowitz, LG

California Now Has More Than 1 Million Rooftop Solar Installations

California has hit a significant milestone this year: more than one million rooftop solar installations on homes, schools, businesses, and farms. With California leading the way, the U.S. reached two million installations this year.

Sep 30, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Residential, Storage, Rooftop PV, California, USA, North America, NeoVolta, Brent Willson, Tesla Powerwall

Solar farm, data center approved for Chesterfield ‘megasite’

The site of two controversial development proposals that never came to pass is now slated to be filled with solar panels and computing storage buildings.

Sep 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, Cypress Creek Renewables, North America, urban grid, Chesterfield, Mike Uzel, Brennen Keene

Solar Manufactured Homes Concept Wins National Award For Portland Firm

An idea to build solar panels into manufactured homes has given a Portland-based company a big win in a year-long national competition.

Sep 30, 2019 // BIPV, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, California, USA, North America, Portland, Phase3 Photovoltaics, Ethan Good, Becca Jones-Albertus

Sherburne County may require solar farms to be pollinator-friendly

New solar farms in Sherburne County may soon have to do more than just produce energy from the sun.

Sep 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Minnesota, Sherburne, Marc Schneider, Rob Davis

Lightsource BP to power historic Colorado steel mill with 240MW solar plant

Lightsource BP will build and operate a 240MW solar facility that will sell energy to Midwestern utility Xcel Energy to power operations at a historic Colorado steel mill for 20 years.

Sep 30, 2019 // Plants, USA, Colorado, Lightsource BP, North America, Xcel Energy, EVRAZ

Farmers increasingly putting solar panels on their land

Farmers who want to sell electricity to utilities generally lease land to power companies to build the panels.

Sep 27, 2019 // Solar, USA, China, Asia, North America, Kirk Maltais, American Farm Bureau Federation

Honda & Nike Secure New Renewable Energy Supplies

Honda has just inked two virtual power plant agreements that will cover more than 60% of its electricity usage in North America.

Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Europe, Africa, North America, honda, Oklahoma, Nike, Eric Sprunk

CalCom targets Californian farmers with new solar and storage fund

Solar developer CalCom Energy has put forward a new US$100 million fund to help build solar and energy storage projects to benefit farming communities in California.

Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, California, USA, storage, solar-plus-storage, North America, calcom energy, Dylan Dupre, David Williams

County joins solar co-op for residents, businesses

A nonprofit organization is forming a solar co-op to help those interested in purchasing solar panels.

Sep 27, 2019 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, West Virginia, Shannon Moore, Frederick County, Solar United Neighbors

In coming years, Montgomery Co. may require solar panels on homes

In the coming years, homes that are built in Montgomery County, Maryland, may need to have solar panels installed on their rooftops

Sep 27, 2019 // Residential, Rooftop PV, USA, rooftop PV, North America, Marc Elrich, Maryland, Lori Graf

Australian tech billionaire to help fund 10 GW Sun Cable Project

Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of software company Atlassian Corp, announced on the sidelines of the UN Climate Action Summit in New York he will help fund the ambitious 10 GW, AU$20 billion, Sun Cable Project in Australia’s Northern Territory.

Sep 27, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Scott Morrison, Singapore, Donald Trump, North America, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Sun Cable Project, McDonald’s, Vanessa Petrie, Beyond Zero Emissions

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