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The move comes as interest in green hydrogen grows as a tool to decarbonize specific industries, including heavy-duty transportation, heavy manufacturing and aviation.

In an eight-year agreement with Microsoft, Qcells will supply 12 GW of modules along with EPC services.

Also on the rise: Tesla releases API for solar, Powerwall, EV charger. Heat pump awareness. And more.

Georgia BRIGHT is a solar lease program that provides access to solar for customers that may lack the credit rating or upfront cash for solar. Monthly bill savings are estimated to be about 20%.

Georgia Tech researchers discovered that isolated water or oxygen exposure does not degrade cells, and it is rather the interplay of the molecules that cause rapid degradation.

Dimension Renewable Energy committed funds for a solar installation workforce development program. The company also activated a portfolio of New Jersey solar projects.

The projects will provide power to Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power.

The addition marks the first phase of Qcells’ factory expansion and brings module production capacity to more than 5.1 GW.

Six years after petitioning the U.S. government for tariffs to make its products more competitive, U.S.-based Suniva has revealed plans to commence 1 GW of cell manufacturing by spring 2024, followed by an additional 2.5 GW expansion.

Modeling shows that five of the nation’s 63 rural generation and transmission cooperative utilities alone could cost-effectively install 19 GW of solar and 7 GW of storage with support from a USDA program.