Anne Fischer
GameChange validates 40-year maintenance-free design of Genius Tracker drive system
At an outdoor site in Massachusetts, GameChange Solar trackers worked overtime in a test to determine how the drive system can be expected to function for 40 years.
Weather records tumble across U.S. as Atlantic pressure keeps eastern skies clear
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that persistent high pressure in the upper atmosphere led to irradiance as high as 30% above normal, and new records for solar generation and temperature in North America in mid-February.
Texas manufacturer signs onto three-party power purchase agreement
A 2.6 MW solar project in Seguin, Texas will supply about 13% of electricity needs of Vitesco Technologies, an automotive supplier.
A look at the great transformer shortage affecting U.S. utilities
An NREL team finds that lead times for transformers has grown fourfold in three years, with orders sometimes taking two years. Additionally price increases of four to nine times have been reported in the past 3 years.
California community solar market lies in limbo
The California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed decision that the Net Value Billing Tariff conflicts with federal law, leaving to question the future of the potentially burgeoning community solar market.
Solar now accounts for over 50% of new electricity capacity added to the U.S. grid
Looking back at the first full year since passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Solar Market Insight, Year-in-Review 2023 shows that the legislation has skyrocketed the industry and will have a lasting economic impact in terms of energy, jobs and investment opportunity.
Molson Coors brews beer with solar power
The 300 MW solar installation, developed by Invenergy, is the largest in the state and generates enough electricity to power the equivalent of 90,000 homes.
24M develops recycling process for its SemiSolid battery platform
A new chemistry-agnostic recycling process for EV and ESS batteries called Liforever is designed to reduce the environmental impact of lithium-ion batteries by making it efficient and cost-effective to recover and reuse battery materials, including lithium iron phosphate both in process and at end-of-life.
Canadian Solar to supply Texas-made TOPCon modules to Sol Systems
Under the partnership, Canadian Solar will supply its latest high efficiency N-Type TOPCon solar modules to support Sol Systems’ project pipeline in the U.S. between 2024 and 2025.
Debunking solar myths: What about nuclear?
Part three of Dan Shugar’s series on replacing fiction with facts about solar, when the proverbial Uncle Bob comes to dinner.
