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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
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
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
Rocket Lab reveals space solar cell with 33.3% efficiency
The brand-new tool is based on an upside down metamorphic multi-junction (IMM) cell modern technology created by Rocket Lab's unit Solaero. The cell can be made use of in applications in the civil, military, and also commercial space markets.
Mar 11, 2022 // Technology, USA, solar cell, North America, efficiency, Brad Clevenger, Rocket Lab
Solargis maps expose 'significant deviations' in average irradiance levels in key PV markets
The impact of solar source variability on numerous key global PV markets consisting of India, Australia as well as The United States And Canada has actually been exposed by a decade of evaluation from solar irradiance working as a consultant Solargis that illustrates "significant deviations from long-lasting standards".
Apr 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Solargis, North America, irradiance, maps, solar irradiance mapping
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
Southeastern US specifies to include 15 GW of PV by 2023
Some states as well as utilities are driving the development, while others lag.
Jun 26, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Bryan Jacob
Boviet Solar & Origis Energy Upgrade Agreement to Over 1.1 GW
Vietnam-based Boviet Solar Technology, a leading global solar power technology firm, has signed an extra order for more than 400 Megawatts of solar capacity with Origis Energy, among America's biggest solar as well as energy storage space developers. Along with the initial 700 MW agreement checked in July this year, the partnership currently covers 1.1 GW of solar capacity.
Sep 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, PV module, Vietnam, Origis Energy, solar projects, Boviet Solar Technology, solar energy technology
Pine Gate Renewables Executes 1 GW of Power Purchase Agreements
The executed PPAs will certainly enable the construction of ten new large-scale solar projects. These projects are anticipated to be operational in between 2023 as well as 2024.
Sep 16, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, solar projects, Ben Catt, Pine Gate Renewables, David Groleau
Microsoft, Partners Launch Solar and Wind Energy Atlas-- GRW
It will be a first-of-its-kind living atlas intended to map and also gauge all utility-scale solar as well as wind installations on Earth. Microsoft is offering the AI as well as platform modern technology, Planet Labs is contributing the underlying satellite images, and The Nature Conservancy is superimposing the subject-matter experience to analyze the output.
Sep 26, 2022 // Technology, Plants, Microsoft, The Nature Conservancy, GRW, Jennifer Morris, Juan Lavista Ferres, Planet Labs PBC, United Nations Climate Change Conference
Ascend Elements, EcoPro Group Collaborate for Supply of Recycled Battery Materials
Ascend Elements will supply recycled battery products to EcoPro, which will transform the product right into battery-ready, high-performance CAM for its battery producing customers. Ascend Elements claims that it can recoup approximately 98% of critical battery elements with lower carbon exhausts contrasted to typical cathode production approaches.
Oct 14, 2022 // Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, EV Battery, Michael O'Kronley, Ascend Elements, cathode active material, cathode products, EcoPro Group, North America EV market, recycled battery, Sangwook Park, SK Battery America
Hannon Armstrong (HASI) Invests 1.3 GW Renewables of AES Corp in U.S.A.
HASI will make a common equity investment in a concerning 1.3 GW portfolio of operating solar as well as wind projects situated in 6 states of the US. The general public company is also funding land had by AES for a solar project as well as a standalone battery energy storage system in California.
Jan 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, California, USA, North America, hannon armstrong sustainable infrastructure capital, Wind Energy, AES Corporation, Leo Moreno, HASI, Manny Haile-Mariam, Moreno, Susan Nickey
U.S.A.'s Leeward RE Raises $260 Mn For Chaparral Springs Solar + Storage Project in California
Wells Fargo, MUFG as well as Silicon Valley Bank to supply $260 million in Green Loan building and construction funding; J.P. Morgan Chase to give $143 million tax obligation equity financial investment. Leeward expands footprint in California with 174-megawatt (MW) solar facility as well as 88-MW storage facility.
Jan 12, 2023 // Storage, Wells Fargo, Kern County, MUFG, leeward renewable energy, leeward, jp morgan, California solar plus BESS, Chaparral Springs Solar + BESS Facility, Chris Loehr, Green Loan Principles, Rabbitbrush solar and storage project, silicon valley bank, solar plus storage in USA
First Solar's Indian Solar Factory Powers Up with 3.3GW Capacity
First Solar's new module factory in Tamil Nadu, India, boosts the country's solar technology sector and creates high-value jobs, supporting India's self-sufficiency goals and the global shift to cleaner energy.
Jan 12, 2024 // Manufacturing News, India, First Solar, Asia, PV module