sPower’s new 80 MW Utah installation, Solar Frontier acquires 50.5 MW project from Coldwell: pvMB 9/25/19
Hello everybody and welcome to you Hump Day pvMB. Today we’ll be checking out the solar system donated to Bamberger Ranch, Energport beginning work on a 72 MW, 72 MWh battery system, First Solar’s 20th anniversary and more!
Hot Springs, Arkansas commits to going 100% solar
The city is set to become the seventh in the United States to be powered 100% by solar energy, with a project representing 10% of the state’s entire installed capacity to date in the works.
SEIA calls for “radical market transformation”
The largest solar trade show in the Western Hemisphere opened last night with a political program by SEIA to push what it describes as radical market transformation, and an alliance with wind. But there are questions about what ambitious means, and what can be achieved.
Honda signs major Texas solar purchase deal, ENGIE North America acquires Massachusetts solar + storage portfolio: pvMB 9/24/19
Hello everyone and welcome to the pvMB. Today we’ve got ahead of us Complete Solar raising $9 million in funding, Standard Solar acquiring some School District projects, 174 Power Global Acquiring OnForce Solar and more!
Texas moves closer to merchant solar power
Intersect Power has gone live with news that the company has 1.7 GWdc ready for construction in Texas and California, including one project which holds a hedge, but not a power purchase agreement.
CATL announces its first energy storage system for the US market
The global EV battery manufacturer is making its first foray into the American energy storage market, debuting residential systems at Solar Power International.
Single-axis solar tracking for the next 30%
NEXTracker has refined its successful NX Horizon single axis tracker into the rugged two-in-portrait NX Gemini. The new design opens up land once considered too rough to be developed to generate near comparable amounts of electricity, while easing land use stresses.
SEIA aims for solar installations to grow 18% per year through 2030
SEIA worked with 100 leaders in the solar and storage industries to develop a 12-year strategic plan, which covers all the bases. Yet funding is inadequate to pursue all strategies immediately, so some strategies must wait.
From the editor: Solar growth – linear, exponential or accelerating?
In this op-ed pv magazine US editor Christian Roselund looks at the pattern of growth in the U.S. solar market, which he argues is an essential basis for considering solar’s future contributions to the electric grid and what kind of policy supports are needed.
Hanwha Q Cells opens the largest solar factory in the Western Hemisphere
The 300,000 square foot factory in Dalton, Georgia has the capacity to produce 12,000 PV modules per day, or 1.7 GW annually – the same peak generating capacity as the Hoover Dam.
