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Upstream ROUND-UP: Q CELLS toasts 1.7GW plant; Sungrow debuts line; Risen & Arctech milestones.
Hanwha Q CELLS has celebrated the grand opening of what it bills as the “largest” solar panel factory in the western hemisphere, a US$200 million facility in Dalton, Georgia, meant to supply 1.7GW to the US market every year.
Sep 23, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Sungrow, India, Ukraine, Europe, Asia, Risen Energy, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, kazakhstan, downstream, arctech solar, Brian Kemp
Top officials trumpet 20GW-by-2025 solar goal as Energy Taiwan kicks off
Taiwan will try and use its leverage as a global electronic and manufacturing hotspot to engineer a multi-gigawatt clean energy boom, government figures have said as they kickstarted this year’s edition of Energy Taiwan.
Oct 16, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Policy, pv modules, Asia, policy and regulation, Taiwan, energy taiwan, module manufacturing, auo, Shen Jong-Chin, Tsai Ing-wen, TSEC
Corporate Clean Energy Buying Tops 30GW Mark in Record Year
Companies purchased a record 31.1 gigawatts of clean energy with power acquisition agreements, or PPAs, in 2021, up virtually 24% from the previous year's record of 25.1 GW according to research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Over 2 thirds of this buying (65%) happened in the U.S. Nevertheless, additionally underpinning the solid growth is a surge in activity from the biggest technology business, who collectively signed over fifty percent of the offers.
Feb 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, North America, Kyle Harrison
REC Group reviews French module gigafactory
The Norwegian solar producer is thinking about a 2 GW heterojunction solar module manufacturing facility in Sarreguemines, in the northeast of the nation.
May 13, 2020 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, REC Group
Galp to buy ACS solar assets for €2.2 billion – enough to rebuild Real Madrid
Portuguese gas company Galp Energía says it will become “the largest solar energy company in the Iberian peninsula”. The agreement includes operating PV plants with an installed generation capacity of 900 MW plus a further 2.9 GW under development.
Jan 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Galp Energía
Sol Systems brings 6.5 MW of solar to Walmart stores in The golden state
Sol Systems finished solar projects amounting to 6.5 MW at 7 Walmart shops across The golden state. The portfolio is a mix of rooftop systems and also solar carports.
Apr 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, California, USA, Walmart, North America, sol systems, Andrew Grin, Mark Vanderhelm
Exus to deliver 85MW Portugal wind-PV hybrid
Project in north of the nation is due online in 2023
Apr 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, Exus, wind-solar hybrid project, Carlos Tello Garcia
Array Technologies Protects Contract for up to 4 GW of Trackers
Array Technologies, one of the world's largest producers of ground-mounted systems utilized in solar power projects, has revealed that it has actually been awarded a contract for approximately 4 GW of trackers from Primoris Services Corporation, a leading supplier of specialized contracting services.
Apr 27, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, trackers, Array Technologies, International, Jeff Krantz, Stephen Jones
SolarEdge introduces its property battery is now offered in the U.S.
SolarEdge Technologies introduced the business accessibility of the SolarEdge Energy Bank property battery in The United States and Canada. The highly reliable DC-coupled battery offers 9.7 kWh of backup power and also can be attached in parallel with as much as 8 added batteries for a total of nine, delivering up to 87 kWh of backup capacity, while supplying future compatibility with third-party generators.
Oct 20, 2021 // Residential, Storage, USA, solaredge technologies, North America
LevelTen Energy partners real estate company to simplify company PPA process
Realty firm JLL is working together with LevelTen Energy to help its clients transition to clean energy by simplifying the corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) procedure.
Dec 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, LevelTen Energy, JLL, Ryan Warren