Sunrise brief: Federal agents raid JinkoSolar factory in Florida
Also on the rise: U.S. solar installers list Qcells, Enphase as top brands. Silicon Ranch plans to appeal $135 million ruling in solar property damage case. And more.
People on the move: Ascent Solar Technologies, Pivot Energy, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance.
RFQ alert: Prologis seeks developers for 1 GW California industrial solar
The process is for projects in the 100 kW to 400 kW range, while the logistics facility operator is looking for qualified installers for projects under a three-year timeframe in order to retain California net energy metering (NEM) 2.0 status.
Longi posts 60% annual revenue increase despite polysilicon pricing sensitivity
Longi shipped 46.8 GW of silicon modules, representing three years of sequential growth from 24.5 GW shipped in 2020.
Machine learning method to identify residential PV adopters, reduce soft costs
Researchers have defined a new machine learning-based methodology that reportedly reduces customer acquisition costs by about 15% or $0.07/Watt. It is based on an adapted version of the XGBoost algorithm and considers factors such as summer bills, household income, and homeowner’s age, among others.
Solar Earnings Recap: SunPower, Sunrun and SolarEdge
pv magazine USA’s recap of notable upstream solar, integrated solar, finance and rooftop installers that reported quarterly or fiscal year earnings over the last week.
People on the move: Morningstar, SolarEdge, RWE Clean Energy and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance.
LG launches U.S. residential energy storage system
The new residential storage system connects two 10-hour batteries or 16-hour Prime battery modules in parallel to offer a capacity of 19.2 kWh to 32 kWh, with a maximum output of 9.6kW from the inverter.
CATL battery distributor looking at three states for 4.2 GWh battery facility
CSI is scouting out a gigafactory location in Arizona, Nevada and Texas, which could bring 300 jobs to the local market.
Permitting, grid resiliency and fusion energy are top of mind at BNEF Summit
The 2023 BloombergNEF Summit focused on grid innovations, climate change and renewable energy technology and saw in excess of 800 attendees turn out in person and on a live webcast, with about 26 corporate sponsors.
