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First Solar shares soar on release of Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings

The thin-film PV manufacturer sold a record 14.1 GW of modules resulting in sales increasing year-on-year, yet the company faces global policy uncertainty going forward.

People on the move: Nevados, Fluke, Kinematics and more

Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance, plus the job opening of the week.

FranklinWH introduces upgraded home energy system at Intersolar & Energy Storage North America

The 15 kWh aPower 2 battery can store input from solar, grid, generator and EV.

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First Solar sues JinkoSolar for alleged TOPCon patent infringement

First Solar has sued JinkoSolar in a US federal court in Delaware, claiming that the Chinese manufacturer infringed upon US Patent No. 9,130,074, which is related to tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar technology.

Consumers will pay billions due to “very slow” interconnection in the PJM grid, study says

Faster interconnection of generating resources waiting in PJM’s queue, nearly all renewables, could have resulted in far lower capacity prices in PJM’s latest auction, but instead consumers will pay for PJM’s high capacity prices, says a study by Grid Strategies.

National Grid divests U.S. renewables business in $1.7 billion deal

Brookfield Asset Management agreed to purchase National Grid’s renewable energy business, including its utility-scale solar, onshore wind and battery-storage U.S. assets.

Renewables to prompt net load reduction from fossil sources by up to 85% by 2050

Enverus report says battery storage increasingly crucial for maintaining grid stability.

Robotic workers unveiled at Intersolar

RoboForce says its AI-enabled robots can install modules “faster and cheaper” than human workers.

Portable generator on display by Nature’s Generator at Intersolar North America

Nature’s Generator reports that the generator can be fully charged in an hour using the dual charging feature, which uses both solar and an AC wall outlet.

U.S. leads countries where golf courses occupy more land than solar, wind plants

Researchers say the 10 countries with the most golf courses could install up to 842 GW of utility-scale solar or 659 GW of wind capacity on land equivalent in size to that used for the sport.

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