Wisconsin steel factory powered by state’s largest behind-the-meter solar
SunVest completed the 19.5MW solar project at Charter Steel, also Wisconsin’s largest single energy user.
Rural electric co-ops receive $4.37 billion in clean energy funding
Funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Empowering Rural America Program is available to rural electric cooperatives in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Texas.
NY utility approves battery storage project on shuttered nuclear site
Long Island Power Authority gives the nod to developer, enabling it to pursue final local approval for 79 MW and 50 MW facilities.
Sunrise brief: U.S. distributed generation solar panel prices decline on oversupply
Also on the rise: Sunrun fined for worker rooftop safety violation. DC Grid debuts off-grid DC solutions to address growing power demand. And more.
In case you missed it: Five big solar stories in the news this week
pv magazine USA spotlights news of the past week including market trends, project updates, policy changes and more.
DOE finalizes $1.45 billion loan guarantee for Qcells’ Georgia solar plant
Qcells aims to reestablish critical parts of the U.S. solar supply chain by manufacturing ingots, wafers, cells, and finished solar modules.
DC Grid debuts off-grid DC solutions to address growing power demand
The newly launched Mountain View, California startup is betting its DC modules can help circumvent interconnection queues.
Sunrun fined for worker rooftop safety violation
Residential solar installer Sunrun was penalized for its failure to adhere to OSHA roof safety practices.
U.S. distributed generation solar panel prices decline on oversupply
Prices have fallen 7% since August as domestic manufacturing ramps up and the global market contends with product oversupply, said a report from Anza.
Off-grid solar-plus-storage could power data centers used for training AI models
Firms building datacenters to train artificial intelligence models could power the centers with high-solar microgrids in the southwest U.S., researchers found. The power demand for such datacenters is estimated at 15 GW to 150 GW by 2030.
