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'Global storage readied to triple in 2021'
Decarbonisation efforts by United States and China are driving demand for front-of-meter implementations, states WoodMac
Oct 7, 2021 // Storage, USA, Wood Mackenzie, China, Asia, North America, Xu Le
Solar Rooftop Leader Esdec Continues On Acquisition Trail In US, Acquires PanelClaw
Esdec, the global rooftop solar placing services company, announced the other day that it has acquired PanelClaw, the biggest vendor of solar installing systems for business roofs in the U.S. With the procurement of PanelClaw, Esdec increases its customer base as well as profile of products available to the growing industrial and commercial (C&I) solar market.
Nov 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, esdec, costa nicolau, PanelClaw, solar acquisitions, stijn vos
Amazon briefly shuts down solar roofs in all US facilities due to fires
A fire burst out at an Amazon warehouse in Maryland in June 2021 because of an 'unspecified occasion including the solar panel system'
Sep 5, 2022 // Rooftop PV, USA, Amazon, North America
Solar PV capacity need to get to 5.2 TW by 2030 to meet 1.5 ° C Paris climate goal
Operational solar PV capacity need to reach 5.2 TW by the end of the decade in order to meet the 1.5 ° C Paris climate goal, according the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) most current World Energy Transition Outlook.
Mar 31, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, IRENA, International Renewable Energy Agency, paris agreement, global capacity increase
SunPower to buy platform upgrades as domestic solar customer backlog gets to new record
US household solar installer SunPower's backlog soared to a record 13,800 customers entering Q2 2022 with the installer validating a series of financial investments it is making to meet surging demand.
May 9, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, SunPower, financial results, North America, Battery Energy Storage, Peter Faricy, sunvault
Altius Announces $32.5 million investments in RE platform
Altius' subsidiary Great Bay Renewables has actually carried out agreements to spend into a new international renewables development platform called Bluestar Energy Capital. Great Bay is likewise investing alongside another institutional financier for a minority equity ownership in Bluestar
May 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Declan Flanagan, Renewable Energy, Lincoln Clean Energy, Apollo Global Management, Altius Renewable Royalties Corp, Bluestar Energy Capital, Frank Getman, Great Bay Renewables, Nova Clean Energy, Ørsted Onshore
US solar installments fall 24% in Q1
White House's executive action to put on hold tariffs provides businesses certainty to speed up projects
Jun 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America
SunPower Secures $1 Billion in Solar Plus Storage Financing
SunPower has actually revealed that a brand-new USD 1 billion collaboration with Tech CU will certainly boost funding choices for certified United States domestic solar consumers.
May 6, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, North America, SunPower Solar Financing, Tech CU, Norm Taffe, Deborah Crouch
A PV antenna for solar energy beaming from area to Earth
Scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have actually released very first orbital explore space-based solar energy. They have actually sent out right into room a 12-inch square floor tile photovoltaic module that is anticipated to evaluate the practicality of space-based solar energy systems transforming sunshine to microwaves outside the ambience.
May 19, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, North America
Sunrun to acquire Vivint Solar for $3.2 billion in all-stock deal
The brand-new, bigger Sunrun will certainly have 500,000 clients and greater than 3 GW of solar energy properties. Is there value in range in residential solar?
Jul 7, 2020 // Residential, USA, Sunrun, vivint solar, David Bywater, North America, Lynn Jurich, Ravi Manghani
Trina Solar brings Elementa grid-scale ESS to North American market
Trina Storage will show the new Elementa battery system during the RE+ program this week. For almost a decade, the company has been establishing, refining, as well as specifying its internal battery modern technology particularly maximized for grid-scale applications. The business has currently boosted its battery lifetime to over 12,000 cycles.
Sep 20, 2022 // Storage, USA, Trina Solar, North America
Standard Solar purchases 6.2 MW of community solar in Rhode Island
US firm Standard Solar Inc stated on Tuesday that it has actually acquired a 6.2-MW portfolio of community solar projects in Rhode Island from China's Trina Solar Co Ltd (SHA:688599).
Oct 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Standard Solar, Rhode Island
Zetwerk gets solar tracker, wind turbine components provider Unimacts
India-based industrial equipment manufacturing company Zetwerk Manufacturing has taken control of Unimacts, a US-based distributor of solar tracker and also wind turbine components, at a valuation of USD 39 million (EUR 37.2 m).
Dec 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Solar Tracker, Zetwerk, Unimacts
Biden Threatens to Veto Bill to Lift Moratorium on Solar Tariffs
President Joe Biden is threatening to veto regulations that would re-instate tariffs as high as 254% on photovoltaic panels imported from Southeast Asia, the White House stated Monday.
Apr 25, 2023 // Tariffs, Policy, USA, North America, Joe Biden
Standard Solar buys PV array for microfiltration treatment plant
US developer Standard Solar has actually obtained the Knox Solar + Storage project in Acton, Massachusetts, that includes 1.5 MW of solar power creating capacity as well as 2 MWh of battery storage, from designer EDF Renewables The United States and Canada.
Apr 26, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Standard Solar, PV Power Plant, Knox Solar + Storage project