SolAmerica Energy procures 205 MW of First Solar modules
The company plans to use First Solar’s modules for its portfolio of community solar facilities, three commercial and industrial solar plants and various other solar projects in the U.S.
Debunking solar myths: All panels come from China
Part One of Dan Shugar’s series on replacing fiction with facts about solar, when the proverbial Uncle Bob comes to dinner.
Solar actuators, the brains and brawn behind solar trackers
Can you tell solar actuation systems apart? Knowing what’s in an actuator and how it’s tested is paramount.
Sunrise brief: REC Silicon to shut down polysilicon business in Montana
Also on the rise: Connecticut Green Bank allocates $100 million toward solar and storage projects. Arcadia sees a bright future for community solar. And more.
CubicPV halts U.S. solar silicon wafer factory plans
The company will instead focus on producing perovskite tandem modules.
REC Silicon to shut down polysilicon business in Montana
REC Advanced Silicon Material LLC is shutting down one of its two polysilicon production facilities in the United States. It says the decision is primarily due to regional structural imbalances in supply and demand for electricity.
Sunrise brief: Long-duration energy storage market to reach $223 billion in 20 years
Also on the rise: Solar recycling headquarters and research lab opens in Arizona. IRS pre-registration portal open for IRA elective pay and transferable credit
Sunrise brief: Suniva to restart idled solar cell factory in Georgia
Also on the rise: Lithos technology reduces water use in lithium extraction. Solar tracker provider Nextracker amps up its 2024 earnings guidance. And more.
Lithos technology reduces water use in lithium extraction
Lithos applied for a $30 million DOE grant, which will help increase the facility’s capacity to sustainably process lithium hydroxide.
Suniva to restart idled solar cell factory in Georgia
Suniva ordered equipment for thermal process steps annealing, diffusion and anti-reflective coating and passivation from Germany’s Centrotherm, as it proceeds with plans to expand high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cell production in Norcross, Georgia.
