Manufacturing

Five articles (well, six, since news about Tesla made it twice) that captured the imagination of our audience during 2020.

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Here’s a year-end round-up of VC investments across the energy storage value stack.

The financing round was led by GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij and cryptocurrency expert James Fickel. Proceeds will be used to expand R&D, develop prototypes and add staff.

Making wafers larger as a cost optimization strategy is not an entirely new idea. But it has quickly gained ground this year among all of the leading manufacturers, turning the market on its head.pv magazine takes a look at how we got to this point.

“Determining how many years a solar panel will last can take, well, years.”

Executive jobs and job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance.

Also in the brief: CPS Energy opened bidding last week on a contract that will double its solar capacity and add 500 MW of backup power to the grid.

After more than a year of testing, Relectrify has released interim results of a pilot that combines repurposed batteries from Nissan Leaf vehicles with proprietary inverter technology to create a battery system that has exceeded expectations.

Also in the brief: Panasonic’s new solar modules