Ecotopia net-zero community blossoms on former youth prison site
With nature on the forefront and a ban on fossil fuels, a new Michigan mixed-income community is equipped with solar, EV charging, geothermal heat pumps and sustainability in every detail.
Boviet Solar completes exterior construction of 3 GW U.S. solar cell factory
The company is building an N-type cell fab in Greenville, North Carolina, complementing its active 2 GW module factory.
RE+ preview: SMA to launch new utility-scale storage inverter and more
The company will display its Sunny Central Storage UP-S and other products at the RE+ trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The ‘onion’ of FEOC, Safe Harbor, and tax credits
pv magazine USA spoke with tax lawyers about the added layers of diligence and complexity that Foreign Entity of Concern rules bring to tax credits (excluding hydrogen), and how to traverse four years of ongoing construction under new Safe Harbor guidance.
Dynamic pricing is superior to virtual power plants, says dynamic pricing pioneer
As California pursues dynamic pricing of electricity to help integrate renewable generation, industry pioneer Edward Cazalet says dynamic pricing can meet California’s demand flexibility needs better than virtual power plants can.
Trade court affirms solar duties under Biden moratorium
Collections are expected to extract tens of billions of dollars in duties retroactively collected from importers of solar gear from Southeast Asia from mid-2022 to mid-2024.
Residential solar installer PosiGen ceases “most of its operations”
The company announced permanent layoffs and facility closures, citing failure to secure raise long term capital.
RE+ preview: Yaskawa Solectria introduces modular utility-scale solar inverters
The U.S.-based solar inverter manufacturer is displaying a new 1 MW utility-scale inverter and a 1000 V transformerless inverter at the RE+ trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada September 8-11.
RE+ preview: Trinasolar debuts new high-efficiency solar modules
The major solar manufacturer is displaying several new solar modules at the RE+ trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada September 8-11.
Confused about PV connectors? Words matter
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Labs have created a new nomenclature for PV connectors to reduce confusion amongst installers and developers, while improving deployment practices. They catalogued a sampling of twenty-five commercially available 4 mm connectors.
