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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
Fronius will bring new hybrid GEN24 inverter to SPI 2019
Fronius is bringing its new hybrid Primo GEN24 inverter to Salt Lake City for Solar Power International 2019. The new solution provides all the benefits of the SnapINverter and additional features, such as being incredibly compact, easily scalable, quick to commission via an app, and easily serviceable. This new all-in-one hybrid inverter combines the functions of multiple devices in one compact device: battery charger, battery inverter, controller and the intelligence to be the operating system of your home’s energy supply. However, the product won’t be available to the public until 2020.
Aug 9, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, USA, inverter, Fronius, Salt Lake City, SnapINverter, Adrian Noronho, PLC
Impossible breakthrough method of creating solar material at NREL
Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) achieved a technological breakthrough for solar cells previously thought impossible.
Dec 19, 2019 // Technology, NREL, solar cell, Kevin Schulte
German developer offloads 650MW PV project
Project near Leipzig will certainly be built on an opencast mine site and will certainly aid to revitalize the area
Jun 7, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Solar Project, Moveon Energy
France powers up Europe’s self-styled largest floating PV project
Top French state officials have helped cut the red ribbon of a floating solar plant that is being touted as Europe’s largest, a project delivered by Paris headquartered Akuo Energy.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Policy, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, Elisabeth Borne, akuo, Ciel & Terre, ciel et terre, Brune Poirson
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
Swedish Solar Expo touts solar and hydrogen community project
Where seasonal storage is paramount, hydrogen comes into play. Under-the-radar solar market Sweden has presented its hydrogen projects and technological solutions to overcome the country’s natural solar barriers.
Oct 30, 2019 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Sweden, Europe, hydrogen, hydrogen projects, Joan Carlehed, Hans Olof Nilson, Susanné Wallner, Johanna Lakso
DOE Awards $100 Million to Group14 Technologies for Battery Production
Group14 held that it will certainly obtain $100 million for Battery Materials Processing and also Battery Manufacturing to sustain rising electric vehicle as well as energy storage space demand.
Group14 said that it will certainly take advantage of the financing from the DOE to develop two 2,000-ton-per-year commercial manufacturing modules in BAM-2 factory.
Oct 20, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Joe Biden, Battery Manufacturing, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, BAM-1, BAM-2, Battery Active Materials factory, Battery Materials Processing, Rick Costantino, Group14, Rick Luebbe, SCC55
TotalEnergies, Holcim Launch Europe’s Largest Self-Use Floating Solar
Europe’s largest self-consumption floating solar powers Holcim Belgium: 31‑MW, 30 GWh/year from quarry lake, slashing emissions as TotalEnergies accelerates toward 34 GW+ renewables and 2030 100 TWh ambitions.
Mar 23, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Europe, Belgium, Floating solar, self-consumption, TotalEnergies, Holcim
Proposed US solar manufacturing act gathers vapor as crucial commerce department choice impends
The Division of Commerce has delayed its choice on opening up an examination into the anti-dumping and countervailing responsibilities circumvention declared by the American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC), pending an ask for more information from the group. More on this upgrade will certainly follow.
Sep 30, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, North America, A-SMACC, anti dumping, budget reconcilation, jon ossoff, SEMA, wiley rein
Neoen finishes development of Tesla Big Battery in Australia
Neoen has successfully expanded the Hornsdale Power Reserve, or else called the Tesla Big Battery, in Australia. If screening works out, Hornsdale can start to function with a broadened remit of artificial inertia solutions, which might have a huge influence on regulatory modifications.
Sep 3, 2020 // Storage, TESLA, Australia, neoen, Oceania, ARENA, Darren Miller, Louis de Sambucy
PV*SOL Premium Review
The corporation named Valentine Software GmbH was founded in 1988. The founder of the company, Dr. Valentine, offered the first version of the design and simulation tools for designers and installers of renewable energy systems long ago. The pilot project of the PV*SOL was launched in 1998.
Mar 16, 2021 // Technology, Software, Solar Software Review, PV*SOL Premium
Researchers report on the problem of hybrid perovskite prototypes after 10 months in space
Perovskite solar films developed by a graduate student in the Department of Physics at UC Merced while on an internship at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) not just survived 10 months in space with minimal degradation, but the little damage they did incur was greater than 90% relatively easy to fix.
Apr 17, 2023 // Technology, NASA, perovskite, Department of Physics at UC Merced, Glenn Research Center, GRC, Sayantani Ghosh
FRV gets 90 MW NSW solar ranch, inks PPA with Snowy Hydro
Spanish developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) has actually authorized its 2nd power acquisition contract with the government-owned store Snowy Hydro for a solar project, which it purchased from Germany's Ib vogt.
Mar 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, Carlo Frigerio, Paul Broad, Carsten Stang
First Solar’s great ramp forward
First Solar reported a bumper quarter during Q2 by most metrics. The company’s net sales of $585 million were nearly double the previous year, on shipments 1.4 GW of product – the most in its history. Additionally, First Solar booked more than 2.1 GW of orders in July alone, a very positive start to Q3.
Aug 6, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, China, First Solar, Trump, Mark Widmar, Asia, North America











