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Clean power industry as well as technology services platform Palmetto has raised US$ 375 million to support its business expansion as it wants to drive uptake of rooftop solar and increase to offer brand-new items.

United States artificial intelligence (AI)- enabled concentrated solar specialist Heliogen Inc (NYSE: HLGN) on Tuesday said it has started site prep work and also configuration at its initial full-scale manufacturing facility, with production lines set up to go into operation in the 3rd quarter of 2022.

Head of state Joe Biden highlighted his initiatives to counter China's dominance of the electric battery market on Tuesday as he proclaimed domestic efforts to mine and also process lithium and rare-earth element required to produce the technology that powers cars, electronic devices, wind turbines as well as more.

LG Electronics has actually confirmed it is to leave the solar module production organization and shutter its setting up plant in Alabama, US.

PV project developer and design, purchase as well as building and construction (EPC) firm Inovateus Solar has gotten a "significant" investment from Galway Sustainable Capital to enhance its operations.

US renewables developer Energy Development Partners (EDP) has gotten a definitive concession to build and also run a 160-MW/200.2-MWp solar farm in the Dominican Republic.

Appalachian Power, a unit of energy American Electric Power Company Inc (NYSE: AEP), is looking for to acquire up to 150 MW of solar projects in West Virginia, perhaps with battery storage capacity.

US utility Ameren Missouri has struck a bargain to obtain a 150-MW solar project that is being created by Chicago, Illinois-based Invenergy LLC in the latter's house state.

United States solar installer SunPower's backlog has actually reached its highest ever degree, however the company claimed its Q4 earnings were struck by a distributor quality charge in addition to installation delays because of COVID and poor weather condition.

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A dispute resolution panel has actually ruled that tariffs on Canadian solar products imposed in 2018 by the US contravene the terms of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade, with Canada now keen to reap the benefits for its solar sector.

Telco giant indications PPAs covering 2 PV projects developed by Vitol

DSD Renewables has completed a 1.2-MW solar project with a 500-kW battery for Mauna Loa, a macadamia nut brand. The installment will straight power 85% of Mauna Loa's handling plant in Kea'au, Hawai'i, with solar energy. The addition complements existing clean energy sources at the facility, which will now be powered by 100% renewables.

Two storage systems Convergent Energy + Power financed as well as created in Orange County, California, are now operational in Southern California Edison (SCE) region.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) should make interconnection reform a top priority to lower the backlog of projects waiting to connect to the nation's grid, a coalition of three clean energy profession associations has said.