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  • Major Texas Solar Project Will Power Google’s Data Centers, Cloud Operations

    A company backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group and Ares Climate Infrastructure said three solar power of its projects are now online in Texas. SB Energy, a renewable energy group focused on utility-scale installations, said the solar farms—with about 900 MW of combined generation capacity—will support the state’s power grid and provide electricity for Google’s data […]

  • The POWER Interview: Growing Importance of Solar Recycling

    Waste from end-of-life solar panels and other solar-related equipment provides an opportunity to recover valuable materials, along with other benefits. The International Renewable Energy Agency said that by 2030, the cumulative value of recoverable raw materials from end-of-life panels alone will be about $450 million worldwide, which the agency said is equivalent to the cost […]

  • The POWER Interview: Heliene CEO Touts Support for U.S. Solar Manufacturing

    Several solar power equipment manufacturing companies are building factories in the U.S., with many of those groups saying the investments are due to passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and its incentives tied to domestic production. One of those companies is Heliene, a Canada-based solar power equipment maker. Heliene, which also makes solar panels […]

  • India’s Largest Solar PV Manufacturer Planning U.S. Factory

    India’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) module maker is moving some of its manufacturing to the U.S. Mumbai-based Waaree Energies on Dec. 21 said it would build its first U.S.-based facility in Brookshire, Texas, near Houston. Waaree, a major equipment supplier for the U.S. solar power sector, on Thursday said the new plant would have an […]

  • Technology Advancements Support Distributed Solar Generation

    Upgraded equipment, new software, and innovations to serve both residential, and commercial and industrial customers are changing the solar power industry. Decentralized power generation continues to grow

  • Solar Energy Caught in Crosshairs of New Legislation

    The solar power industry seems to be caught in the crosshairs of competing legislative agendas. The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) created incentives to increase solar capacity via tax credits, but the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) limits the effectiveness of those credits by restricting the importation of any goods that were mined, produced, […]

  • Tracker Configurations for Bifacial Modules Support Distributed Generation Sites

    Industry trends toward bigger and heavier modules, along with greater adoption of bifacial technology, are changing the way designers of solar power sites are thinking about tracking systems. Distributed

  • LONGi Solar Expands Its Canadian Presence, Brings New High-Performance Module to Rapidly Growing Market

    TORONTO—Oct. 26, 2022—LONGi, the world’s leading solar technology company, is expanding its presence in the rapidly growing Canadian solar market and will have a leading role in the Electricity Transformation Canada (ETC) show, taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on October 26-28, 2022. As part of the expansion, LONGi is bringing its flagship distributed […]

  • Silicon Ranch, First Solar expand partnership with 700 MW of American solar modules

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. & TEMPE, Ariz. (Oct. 20, 2022) — Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers, and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), America’s largest solar manufacturer, have expanded the 4 gigawatt master supply agreement (MSA) that the partners announced in April 2022. To support its growing portfolio of contracted solar projects, Silicon Ranch has secured an […]

  • First Turbine Module Delivered for Turkish Nuclear Plant

    Turkey’s first nuclear power plant reached a milestone with delivery of the first steam turbine module for the project, four months ahead of schedule. GE Steam Power, which is supplying all the major equipment for the plant’s four turbine islands, on Jan. 12 announced it had delivered the module to Atomenergomash, an engineering company and […]

  • Novel Geothermal Power Technology Being Deployed in Canada

    In a bid to tamp down pollution, India’s government in December 2015 notified the country’s coal generators they would need to meet—for the first time—new emissions limits for nitrogen oxides (NOx)

  • FreeVolt Announces Innovation in Solar Modules

    PALM DESERT, California (February 13, 2018) — The biggest ongoing challenges for manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) modules are the loss of efficiency, limited vitality, and a drop in the conversion from kilowatt peak (kWp) to actual kilowatt hours (kWh). Photovoltaic Graphene Matrix Technology or “PV Graf” shatters the mold of traditional BUS BAR PV technology […]