Aptera’s solar car to use Maxeon solar cells
Equipped with almost 700 watts of solar cells, Aptera’s solar EV can drive up to 40 miles on solar alone, 1000 miles on battery charge.
People on the Move: Nextracker, Cypress Creek, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.
Meyer Burger secures $255.2 million to scale up production capacity to 3 GW
Swiss PV manufacturer Meyer Burger says it wants to rapidly expand its production of heterojunction solar cells and modules, following its recent supply agreement with U.S. project developer DE Shaw Renewable Investments.
Solar panel update from RE+
Common threads included manufacturing expansion into the United States, new product lines, and massive customer demand.
RFP alert: Puerto Rico launches tender for 1 GW of renewables, 500 MW of storage
Puerto Rico’s latest procurement exercise is the second round of a tender scheme designed to allocate 3.75 GW of renewables capacity and 1.5 GW of storage.
Sunrise brief: Multi-day iron-air battery startup nets $450 million investment
Also on the rise: Generac to bring EODev hydrogen fuel cell power generators to North America. 50 states of solar incentives: South Carolina. And more.
HelioVolta wins American-Made Solar Prize for software innovation
SolarGrade software is a fieldwork platform by HelioVolta that includes pre-made workflows and pre-written issue descriptions that help reduce time on site.
Multi-day iron-air battery startup nets $450 million investment
Boston, Massachusetts startup Form Energy announced the Series E financing round.
50 states of solar incentives: South Carolina
South Carolina has over 2 GW of solar installed, much of it coming online in the last five years, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Generac to bring EODev hydrogen fuel cell power generators to North America
The generator uses a fuel cell and a lithium iron phosphate battery, so it is silent and emits only warm water and filtered air.
