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US solar generation up 25% in 2021, renewables' share of power mix set to surpass coal in 2022
Solar power generation in the United States rose by 25.23% in 2021, making it the country's fastest-growing source of electrical power, while renewables made up 21.02% of all electrical energy and also look set to surpass coal in regards to total manufacturing in 2022.
Mar 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, coal, EIA, sun day campaign, us energy mix
HSGS-Ameresco to build 1.5-MW solar project for U.S. Army base in Utah
HSGS-Ameresco, a joint venture licensed as a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) by the Small Business Administration and also the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), today announced that it has actually been granted a $7.9 million agreement to style and construct a 1.5-MW ground-mount solar system for the united state Army at its Tooele Army Depot located in Tooele, Utah.
May 11, 2022 // Plants, USA, Utah, North America, Solar Project, Dave McNeil, Nicole Bulgarino, HSGS-Ameresco
Indiana 'taking a big step backward' by ending net metering, solar advocates state
Net meting for rooftop PV is finishing in Indiana with a policy change that doubters have actually warned will certainly make solar uneconomic for a lot of families and businesses in the US state.
Jul 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, rooftop, North America, policy, Solar United Neighbors, Indiana, net metering, distributed generation
Kenlov Renewable Energy signs first PPA
The agreement will certainly aid move the Tierra Bonita solar project forward
Sep 22, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, North America, Kenlov Renewable Energy, Yossi Gvura
First Solar will supply 700 MW solar modules to Silicon Ranch
The firms call it the development of the 4-GW master supply contract (MSA) that they checked in April. First Solar held that the new arrangement reinforces a shared commitment by both the companies to enhance the domestic supply and promote lower-carbon manufacturing procedures.
Oct 21, 2022 // Manufacturing News, First Solar, photovoltaic, Georges Antoun, Silicon Ranch, Reagan Farr, ica’s largest solar manufacturer, lower-carbon production
Nextracker opens torque tube manufacturing facility in Tennessee
A new factory in Tennessee officially was revealed today that will make steel components for Nextracker solar tracking systems. The Memphis-based facility houses MSS Steel Tubes United States, a joint venture of Metalogalva and also Soufer, as well as will produce Nextracker steel torque tubes. The site supports 129 jobs.
May 19, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, Nextracker, torque tube
Why Green Supplies Are Slumping During an ESG Boom
Regardless of long-term development leads, there seems to be less excitement for the industry, according to experts.
Dec 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Morgan Stanley, Adeline Diab, Karen Fang
Today's Commerce choice on antidumping photovoltaic panel tariffs might make or damage the U.S. solar industry
" We're either mosting likely to be laying off numerous staff members or employing hundreds of staff members."
Sep 28, 2021 // Tariffs, USA, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, George Hershman, Troy Ochoa
Honeywell's 20 MW ESS For Hecate Energy in New Mexico
Honeywell has confirmed it will supply Hecate Energy with an Energy Storage System (ESS) for a solar park situated on the Jicarilla Apache Nation in Northern New Mexico. When completed later this year, the 50-megawatt (MW) solar ranch will certainly be capable of supplying sufficient electricity to power up to 16,000 ordinary New Mexican homes for a year. The project will help satisfy the state's decarbonization goals.
Mar 1, 2022 // Plants, Storage, USA, North America, New Mexico, hecate energy, Honeywell ESS
Reliance unit to purchase 20% people perovskite solar tech firm Caelux
Indian corporation Reliance Industries Ltd (BOM:500325) said today its green energy arm has secured an offer to obtain a 20% risk in Caelux Corp, a US-based company engaged in the development of perovskite-based solar modern technology.
Sep 23, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Reliance Industries Ltd, Caelux Corp
Solar racking provider Unirac secures extra PE companies as investors
Middle-market personal equity firm Greenbelt Capital Partners has led a bulk recapitalisation investment of an undisclosed amount in US solar racking and also mounting solutions provider Unirac Inc
Oct 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Unirac, Greenbelt Capital Partners, Sam Graham
US solar industry asks Biden to end 'vindictive as well as ill-conceived' bifacial tariffs
Loads of chief executives in the renewable resource sector have demanded that US President Joe Biden reverse the tariff hike Donald Trump's Administration positioned on solar panel imports last year.
Feb 23, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Policy, USA, SEIA, bifacial, Lightsource BP, North America, Joe Biden, solar tariffs, president biden, Heather Zichal
The golden state area power team selects esVolta for 15MW/ 60MWh battery project
Utility-scale power storage space project developer/ proprietor esVolta will certainly perform a 15MW/ 60MWh battery project to offer California cities that have actually developed their very own 'area selection' power distributor.
Apr 10, 2020 // Storage, USA, lithium-ion, North America, Alex Morris, Community Choice Aggregation
Sunrun faucets technology market director to guide funds in year of headwinds
An exec with previous duties in leading Silicon Valley companies will certainly be managing financial resources at Sunrun, the biggest United States PV household driver facing the financial effects from the COVID-19 break out.
Apr 27, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, Sunrun, Solar, solar pv, residential solar, North America, pv residential installer, Coronavirus, covid-19, Tom vonReichbauer, Bob Komin
Ørsted Acquires 227 MW Under Construction Solar Plant in the US
Ørsted is broadening its solar footprint with the procurement of the 227 MW a/c unfinished Muscle Shoals solar project found in Alabama, US.
Jul 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, International, Solar Project, Orsted, Vishal Kapadia, Neil O’Donovan