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Previous auto glass plant to be refurbished to make glass for First Solar panels
Glass company Vitro has entered into an agreement to make glass for Very first Solar thin-film solar panels at Vitro's architectural glass production line in Cochranton, Pennsylvania. Vitro will certainly invest $93.6 million to restore and modernize the production line at its Meadville Plant.
Apr 27, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, First Solar, solar panel, Vitro
First Solar, Toshiba ESS to develop close to 60 MW of PV parks in Japan
The Japanese unit of First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) has actually partnered with Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp (Toshiba ESS) to develop 2 solar power plants in Tochigi Prefecture with an integrated capacity of nearly 60 MW.
Sep 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, First Solar, Asia, PV Power Plant, Toshiba ESS
Trina Solar Launches World’s First Fully Recycled PV Module
Trina Solar pioneers eco-friendly innovation with the world’s first solar module crafted entirely from recycled materials, achieving 20.7% efficiency and setting new sustainability standards in PV technology.
Sep 26, 2024 // Manufacturing News, PV module, Trina Solar
Floating PV shows up in Israel
German service provider Belectric has actually released a 480 kW range on a storage tank near the Mishmar HaEmek kibbutz in north Israel.
Mar 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, Israel, Belectric, Ingo Alphéus
Ukrainian energy company reboots grid generation from its solar parks
Clean energy centers have actually been purchased offline in the nation because Thursday as the nationwide grid ran a workout to establish just how it would operate alone from the power networks of Russia and also Belarus.
Mar 1, 2022 // Plants, Policy, Ukraine, DTEK, Europe, Asia, Russia, Solar Park, Belarus, Ukrenergo
Shell, Gerdau to develop 190-MW solar project in Brazil
The Brazilian device of oil as well as gas significant Royal Dutch Shell Plc (AMS: RDSA) has actually partnered up with local steel manufacturer Gerdau SA (BVMF: GGBR4) to create a 190-MW direct existing (DC) solar project in Minas Gerais state.
Jul 19, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Brazil, shell, Solar Project, Gerdau
Israel's Noy Fund, Eranovum close PPAs for 324 MWp of solar in Spain
Israel's Noy Fund and Spanish investment and administration services strong Eranovum have actually closed two power purchase contracts (PPAs) to supply electricity from a pair of solar farms with a total amount of 324.2 MWp that they have in Spain.
Oct 27, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, PPA, Europe, Asia, Israel, noy fund, Eranovum
Scatec reaches financial close for its first project in Pakistan
The Norwegian solar project designer and nuclear power plant driver Scatec and its local pakistani partner Nizam Energy have closed financing for the 150 MW "Sukkur" solar energy project with an overall financial investment of concerning $100 million.
Feb 22, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Scatec, Asia, Pakistan, Solar Project
Algeria's very first mounting system supplier
SPS, an Algerian steel sandwich panel manufacturer, has actually authorized a partnership deal with Dubai-based installing system service provider Qi-energy to begin production of placing frameworks for PV systems in Algeria.
Jun 25, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Africa, Algeria, Qi-energy, SPS, Mehdi Bendimerad, Neil Doe
EU Solar Growth Stalls, Tracking First Annual Decline Since 2015
SolarPower Europe sees EU solar installations slipping 1.4 % in 2025, the first decline since 2015, as rooftop demand collapses and policy support wanes.
Jul 24, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Europe
Bp Takes Control Of AREH-- Australia's Largest Renewables Project
AREH is expected to have a complete generation capacity of 26 GW. It has the possible to abate about 17 million tonnes of carbon dioxide that would certainly otherwise be generated in the residential and also as well as export markets each year.
Dec 9, 2022 // Plants, green hydrogen, bp, Renewable Energy, asian renewable energy hub, green ammonia, AREH, Lucy Nation, Nyangumarta, Onshore Wind Energy
America's First Solar Invests up to $1.2 Billion in Scaling Manufacturing by 4.4 GW
First Solar, a US-based producer of solar panels, has introduced strategies to invest approximately $1.2 billion in increasing the production of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules that are made in America and also are properly produced.
Sep 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, India, First Solar, Asia, solar panel, North America, International, green energy
First Solar devices vendor LPKF Laser keeping manufacturing in spite of COVID-19 situation
Germany-based LPKF Laser & Electronics AG has actually informed PV Tech that its factory in Germany have the ability to run at regular capability degrees, in spite of the ongoing effect of COVID-19.
Mar 25, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, first solar inc, cdte thin-film modules, Coronavirus, covid-19, lpkf, laser scribing
First Solar completes manufacturing expansion in Ohio, now with total solar panel production capacity at 1.9 GW
Thin-film solar panel manufacturer First Solar today announced the start of production at its new PV module manufacturing facility in Lake Township, Ohio — a few miles from its flagship 600-MW factory in Perrysburg, Ohio. With the completed addition, First Solar has a total annualized production capacity of 1.9 GW in the United States. The company also manufactures panels in Malaysia and Vietnam.
Oct 26, 2019 // Manufacturing News, USA, First Solar, Mark Widmar, thin-film, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Ohio, Tymen de Jong
UK-based solar investment company launches the first subsidy-free solar park
LSE-listed investment company NextEnergy Solar Fund has finished the construction of the first unsubsidized solar project in Great Britain.
Nov 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, UK, Europe, subsidy-free, NextEnergy Solar Fund