Gibraltar talks TerraSmart acquisition, U.S. solar market optimism
Top leaders from Gibraltar Industries and TerraSmart detail plans to become a “one-stop shop” in the solar development value chain.
Sunrise brief: Solar is cheapest based on price alone, Wood Mac reports
Also on the rise: Freedom Forever extends its Sunrun ties, and this EV battery may offer a 250-mile range, a 10-minute charge, and 0-60 in 3 seconds.
The Dominican Republic’s largest solar installation will use Trina modules
Trina has shared that it will be supplying 268,200 430/450 W double-glass TSM-DEG17M modules to the 120 MW Sunflower Solar Park, set to be constructed in the country’s San Cristobal province.
Sunrise brief: Gibraltar closes two acquisitions, aims at $700m revenue goal
Also on the rise: Wisconsin to revise dated DER rules, Massachusetts sets a course for 2050 energy goals, Sungrow notches an inverter delivery milestone, and a 1.6 MW solar carport enters service in New Jersey.
Sunrise brief: Congress passes solar ITC extension
Also on the rise: A simple safeguard for the growing danger of arc-fault events; EDF Renewables signs a PPA; Soltec will supply trackers to AES
Solar 2020 year in review: Thriving markets despite a pandemic, import tariffs and expensive PV
We cover residential resilience, tariff trouble, big Texas solar, storage everywhere, IPOs, interconnection queues and more in a review of this difficult, ridiculous, successful year. Next year will be better.
Array Technologies ends 2020 with one more 1 GW solar tracker supply contract
The tracking industry’s second-largest player has signed an agreement to supply RP Construction Services with 1 GW of single-axis solar trackers just 20 days after coming to a 1.4 GW agreement with Lightsource BP.
The US installed 4.5 GW of utility-scale solar in 2019
For the third year in a row, more utility-scale solar was installed in the Southeast than any other region in the country, while trackers dominate the mounting market.
Array Technologies’ share price up 65% on first day as a public company
The IPO priced at $22, above the top of the anticipated range of $19 to $21 — valuing the solar firm at about $2.8 billion.
IPO update: Solar tracker builder Array Technologies increases number of shares in largest PV IPO of 2020
The reception in the financial community on the eve of the Array Technologies IPO must have been enthusiastic.
