North America

Officials from clean energy states discussed how the Inflation Reduction Act is advancing rooftop solar, customer savings, economic development, and grid reliability, and described the extent of community support they see for the clean energy transition.

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.

CSI is scouting out a gigafactory location in Arizona, Nevada and Texas, which could bring 300 jobs to the local market.

Ball State University, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and The Cooper Union named 2023 Build and Design Challenge winners of this annual Department of Energy collegiate competition.

Two Pleasanton, California commercial building operators, Hines and Principal Asset Management, are able to participate in the city’s net zero vision, interconnecting 1.95 MW of total capacity solar canopy projects and various building rooftop solar arrays currently in various stages of development.

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.

Also on the rise: First Solar released Q1 2023 earnings with guidance on the advanced manufacturing production tax credit from the IRA

CleanChoice has a solar development portfolio of over 300 MW.

President Biden’s two-year halt on solar import tariffs is intended to create a bridge of supply as the U.S. ramps its domestic manufacturing capacity.

The off-grid power specialist launched a bifacial 220 W, 12 V monocrystalline solar panel for marine and recreational vehicle applications.