DOE announces $45 million for pilot manufacturing of solar components
Funding from the Biden Administration’s Investing in America agenda is intended to support silicon component manufacturing and develop dual-use PV technologies.
Rondo announces 90 GWh heat battery factory
U.S.-based Rondo Energy will operate the world’s largest battery factory in Thailand, two and a half times the size of Tesla’s Gigafactory.
Shoals files patent complaint for solar connectors and wire harnesses
The company filed a patent infringement complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Hikam America and Voltage, LLC.
Terrain-following tracker with a pneumatic twist
Sunfolding’s new TopoTrack rows are 10 times shorter than traditional trackers, and they can provide 20 degrees of variation between trackers, thus improving slope tolerance between rows.
Polar Racking adds two U.S. solar mount manufacturing facilities
The company said the sites will add over 1 GW of capacity, serving increased demand for domestically produced solar components.
The domestic content guidance loses sight of the goal to invest in American energy independence
We need a domestic content standard that would draw distinctions between panels made entirely here and those with imported components.
Nextracker manufacturing low-carbon steel components in Memphis
In collaboration with MSS Steel Tubes USA, the operation will provide low-carbon steel components to support the company’s recent 3 GW multi-year agreement with Silicon Ranch for its projects in the Tennessee Valley and greater Southeast.
Solar earnings recap: Tigo Energy, Nextracker and FTC Solar
pv magazine USA’s recap of notable upstream solar, integrated solar, hardware, finance and rooftop installers that reported quarterly or fiscal year earnings over the last week.
Virtual power plants could save utilities up to $35 billion by 2033
The Brattle Group compares the net cost of providing 400 MW of resource adequacy from three resource types: a natural gas peaker, a grid-interconnected battery system, and a VPP composed of residential demand flexibility technologies.
Delta-Q reaches full-scale production of electric vehicle charger with DC-DC converter
The Vancouver-based company introduced a 3.3 kW charger with a converter compatible with the vehicle’s auxiliary DC loads.
