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US ROUND-UP: EDF indications second PPA for Texas project, Exelon separates utility & affordable energy company
Chicago-based energy company Exelon’s board of directors have agreed to separate its power generation business from its utility interests, creating two publicly-listed companies. Energy group EDF has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) for the second tranche of its Texas solar project with an affiliate of listed energy partnership group Enterprise Products partners.
Mar 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, C&I, PPA, North America, exelon, EDF Renewables, SEEIT, SDCL, Onyx Renewables, space city solar, spinoff, texas solar
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
US SEC Initiates Investigation Against Tesla Over Disclosures Linked To Solar Tiles
The problem of fire security has been an increasing issue. Since 2015 the Fire Administration has recorded 155 fires triggered by solar setups in the United States, with 84 being property systems as well as 71 being non-residential. The majority of concerns can be mapped to faulty setups.
Dec 7, 2021 // Residential, Rooftop PV, USA, TESLA, Amazon, Walmart, North America, Steven Henkes complaint, Tesla-SEC
Canadian Solar unveils PV manufacturing strategy shift targeting greater control over upstream supply
Canadian Solar has actually unveiled a brand-new PV production strategy, bringing even more upstream capacity inhouse to minimize its direct exposure to rates volatility.
May 24, 2022 // Manufacturing News, USA, Canadian Solar, investment, North America, module manufacturing, materials, solar wafers, department of commerce, AD/CVD, solar ingots
US Crackdown on Solar-Tariff Dodgers Endangers Biden's Green Ambitions
Commerce Department's trade probe findings threaten to chill planned US solar panel projects.
Dec 5, 2022 // Tariffs, USA, China, Asia, North America, Joe Biden, Mike Carr
SolarEdge Selected as Supplier for Fiat E-Ducato, Issues Financial Outcomes
SolarEdge has revealed it has been chosen to supply powertrain as well as batteries for the Fiat E-Ducato, likewise reporting its economic results.
Feb 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Transport, USA, BATTERIES, SolarEdge, North America, EVs, Zivi Lando, Fiat E-Ducato, Powertrain, SolarEdge Fiat E-Ducato
EDP goes for 50GW of renewables additions by 2050, aims to US for solar development
EDP will certainly concentrate on The United States and Canada to ramp up its solar capacity in the following five years as part of a brand-new tactical update that will see the Portuguese energy target more than 50GW of renewables enhancements by 2030.
Feb 26, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Portugal, EDP, South america, Europe, Brazil, distributed solar, utility, carbon neutrality, largescaleeu, sfi con london, distributed generation
'The status quo is no longer going to cut it': Financier self-confidence skies high but ACORE gets in touch with solar funds go even more still
The confidence of renewable energy investors and programmers stands at an "all-time high", a new report by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) claims, however financial investment needs to surge in the coming years if the United States is to satisfy decarbonisation objectives.
Jun 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, ITC, ssfusa, North America, ACORE, decarbonisation, biden
Solar Array Setup at a Space Station by NASA as well as ESA
Solar panels are powering the spacewalks of astronauts for the first time at the International Space Station.
Jun 25, 2021 // Plants, NASA, Solar Panels, ESA, solar array, astronauts
SunPower returns to non-GAAP profit in Q2, incomes grow
SunPower Corp (NASDAQ: SPWR) on Tuesday reported a 34.5% rise in GAAP net benefit from proceeding operations in its 2nd financial quarter with July 4, 2021, as well as went back to profit on a non-GAAP basis.
Aug 4, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, North America
Trump ratchets up tariffs on Chinese products – including batteries
While the damage is largely done for cells, modules and inverters, increased tariffs on U.S. module components and 15% measures on lithium-ion batteries are not good news for either sector.
Aug 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, Tariffs, USA, Lithium-ion batteries, TESLA, Sungrow, Trump, Inverters, Huawei, North America, tariffs, PV cells, modules, Enphase, Flex, USTR, Kelly Speakes-Backman
Battery costs for commercial market expected to drop 35% by 2024
According to new research from Wood Mackenzie, non-residential storage system costs will fall by 27% in the United States over the next five years. The fall in system costs will help drive a more-than-tenfold growth in the U.S. non-residential storage market by 2024. Commercial and industrial customers with predictable, peaky loads are increasingly turning to storage to help manage demand charges.
Oct 26, 2019 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Software, USA, storage, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Mitalee Gupta
Much more effective photocatalysts might open the capacity of solar power
A natural semiconductor photocatalyst that dramatically improves the generation of hydrogen gas can cause extra effective power storage space innovations.
Feb 18, 2020 // Technology, USA, UK, Europe, North America, KAUST, Jan Kosco
PVpallet Offers Up A Greener Option For Moving Modules
Every effort to make the solar chain greener should be welcomed. Wooden pallets are often overlooked as waste, a bad reasoning call when you take into consideration sheer quantity of wood utilized in pallets presently.
Sep 13, 2021 // Technology, luke phelps, module transportation, philip schwarz, PVpallet, stackable pallets
Solar Power Will Make Up Virtually Half Of New U.S. Electric Generating Capacity In 2022
In 2022, we anticipate 46.1 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electrical generating capacity to be included in the U.S. power grid, according to our Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Almost fifty percent of the intended 2022 capacity enhancements are solar, complied with by natural gas at 21% and also wind at 17%.
Jan 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Solar, Battery Storage, North America, nuclear, wind, gas