ES Foundry prepares to accelerate production of FEOC-compliant PERC solar cells
The South Carolina-based solar cell manufacturer plans to triple its output of domestic solar cells by the end of 2026.
Demand diligence from U.S. battery integration
Tariffs continue to reshape the U.S. storage market. Rising costs for overseas systems have created new incentives to integrate equipment domestically, and many developers are turning to US firms to assemble battery systems. Integration capacity can scale faster than battery cell manufacturing, but not without risk. Unlike cell plants, where automated processes keep variations in check, battery assembly and integration depends on people, as Jeff Zwijack from Intertek CEA explains.
People on the move: Silfab Solar, SEIA, Logical Buildings
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance.
Congress urged to reform “nearly complete moratorium” on U.S. solar projects
A coalition of 143 solar companies signed a letter requesting reforms to solar project permitting, as Trump administration executive orders have led to an effective shutdown of all projects under Department of Interior purview.
EVs as key players in distributed energy networks and grid modernization
Nuvve’s new outlook report says V2G projects will be the backbone of battery aggregation efforts.
800 MWh battery project reaches financial close for BrightNight and Cordelio Power in Washington
Power company BrightNight and joint venture partner Cordelio Power have announced the financial close of its Greenwater Energy Storage Project, a 200 MW / 800 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Pierce County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region.
Agrivoltaics for sorghum and soybeans
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that shading from agrivoltaic systems reduces grain numbers in both sorghum and soybean, but sorghum can partially compensate by increasing grain weight while soybean cannot. The study shows that sorghum and soybean respond differently due to their physiology, offering guidance for crop selection and management to minimize yield penalties in agrivoltaics.
Kudos for grid operator SPP’s plan to link transmission planning and interconnection
The Solar and Storage Industries Institute has endorsed SPP’s proposal to reform interconnection by building transmission, identifying promising areas for transmission interconnection, and inviting interconnection applications.
U.S. solar manufacturers ink spacecraft deals
An Arizona manufacturer struck an research agreement with NASA, while a company in Colorado will supply thin-film solar to an unnamed private spacecraft company.
Nextpower opens monitoring center and doubles steel output at Memphis plant
Nextpower, formerly Nextracker, announced it has opened a remote monitoring center for its solar tracker systems in Nashville, Tennessee and also expanded its Memphis steel manufacturing capacity.
