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Solar anti-circumvention ruling will not damage short-term module supply, but UFLPA might
The preliminary finding that solar companies are circumventing U.S. tariffs is not expected to have a tangible effect on solar component supply, according to TrendForce.
50 states of solar incentives: Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state with an abundance of sunlight, but limited solar incentives at the state level.
Enphase to add 4.8 GW to 7.2 GW of U.S. solar microinverter manufacturing capacity
In a ROTH Capital Partners webinar, Enphase CEO Badri Kothandaraman announced the company will be adding four to six new manufacturing lines in the states.
U.S. Customs releases UFLPA detained solar panels, said ROTH note
Industry checks show that a meaningful supply of JinkoSolar modules made with Wacker polysilicon have been cleared for the U.S. market, said Philip Shen, managing director of ROTH Capital Partners.
Rallies underway in 10 California cities to combat anti-rooftop solar policy
In opposition to a 75% cut of utility payments for excess rooftop solar customer production, California residents, environmental activists, and renewable energy workers will hold rallies across the state on Thursday, December 1, calling on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and Gov. Gavin Newsom to keep rooftop solar growing and affordable.
California 100 MW solar facility now generating power for community-owned electricity providers
The Rabbitbrush Solar Facility includes a 20 MW, 50 MWh battery energy storage system.
California rulemaking to cut solar net metering payments by 75%
A vote is expected mid-December on a rulemaking change that would severely dampen the value of new rooftop residential solar installations in the nation’s largest market.
Watch: One of the largest solar facilities in Texas achieves operation
National Grid Renewables achieved commercial operations for the 275 MW solar, 125 MWh energy storage Noble Solar project.
Brick and iron heat battery for zero-carbon industrial processes
Bill Gates-backed Rondo Energy released the “brick toaster” heat battery, a unit that stores renewable energy and dispatches heat and electricity for processes in steel, cement, chemical manufacturing, and more.
Solar-to-hydrogen project to be first stop on a California-to-Texas “hydrogen highway”
A 75 MW solar-to-hydrogen facility proposed for Bakersfield, California may mark the beginning of Fusion Fuel and Electus Energy’s green hydrogen vision for the United States.
