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The USA added 20.2 GW of new solar capacity in 2022, a 16% decrease from 2021. This was most likely attributed to an examination into new anti-circumvention tariffs by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, as well as equipment detainments by Customs and also Border Protection under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

After a successful 2nd financial investment round, North American photovoltaic panel supplier Silfab Solar can now formally introduce it is preparing to open up a 3rd U.S. solar module production center that will certainly additionally include solar cell production.

Michigan residents and businesses can decrease their utility expenses, enhance the state's energy grid, and also join Michigan's growing solar economic climate under bipartisan legislation introduced on March 7 by state Senators Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) and also Ed McBroom (R-Waucedah Township).

Generation Bridge LLC, an affiliate of power infrastructure financier ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, intends to replace an inactive oil tank farm in Oswego, New York, with an approximately 25-MW solar park.

To meet consumers' growing needs for renewable resource and support economic advancement in the state, Entergy Louisiana filed a request with the Louisiana Public Service Commission to authorize the purchase, building and construction and operation of virtually 225 MW of new solar energy sources.

Entergy Louisiana LLC, a unit people utility Entergy Corp (NYSE: ETR), is seeking regulatory approval to include near 225 MW of new solar energy resources to its power generation mix, it claimed recently.

Jackson County, West Virginia in the United States saw the top executives of 3 business on Saturday break ground on a project on more than 2,000 acres of land. BHE Renewables, a Berkshire Hathaway Energy organization, is establishing the home into a first-of-its-kind solar energy microgrid-powered industrial site.

Energy Toolbase and Nexamp have actually released a front-of-the-meter energy storage system as part of among Nexamp's solar + storage space projects in Massachusetts.

Duke Energy Florida will start building and construction on 2 new solar projects in the state later on this month. The projects, located in Bay as well as Madison counties, belong to Duke's community solar program, Clean Energy Connection. The projects must be finished by the end of the year, developing around 200 to 300 temporary jobs throughout that time.

West Virginia governor Jim Justice on Friday authorized a bill appropriating USD 105 million (EUR 99m) for a battery plant of Form Energy, a Somerville, Massachusetts-based company establishing iron-air battery modern technology that can store power for 100 hours.

Avangrid's 150-MW Lund Hill solar farm in Klickitat County, Washington, is now the state's largest solar PV plant. The facility is supplying Puget Sound Energy's Green Direct program, helping to reduce emissions and provide clean, reliable power to its customers.

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation to impose a 200% tariff on aluminum imports from Russia, citing threats to national security. This tariff will affect solar panel frames, racking, and structural mounts used in photovoltaic arrays.

Lightsource bp and AEP Energy Partners have signed a PPA for a 188-MWDC solar project located in New Carlisle, Indiana. This project will bring economic and environmental benefits to the region while fostering community partnerships.

Jordan-headquartered solar manufacturer Philadelphia Solar on Tuesday stated it is marketing solar modules with an overall direct existing (DC) capacity of 380 MW to Clean Energy Holdings (CEH) for a green hydrogen project in Texas.

Arevon Energy and also San Diego Community Power broke ground on the Vikings Energy Farm, a solar + storage power plant in Holtville, California. The project was first announced in May 2021.