Missouri doubles solar capacity with 430 MW facility with U.S.-made components
Construction has begun on the two-phase 430 MW Kelso Solar Project that developer Arevon reports had no opposition due to its impactful public engagement.
Enphase Energy increases deployment of U.S.-made microinverters and batteries
Enphase reports that more than 6.5 million IQ microinverters and 50 MWh of IQ batteries made in the U.S. have been deployed, and it recently began shipping those with enhanced domestic content.
Double Black Diamond now the largest operating solar power producer east of the Mississippi
The Illinois solar power project features U.S.-made modules and trackers, employed 500 people during construction and will provide an estimated $100 million in community benefit funds.
Opsun opens solar racking manufacturing facility in North Carolina
With the majority of its projects located in the United States, plans were in motion years ago to expand manufacturing to the U.S., but passage of the IRA in 2022 accelerated those plans.
Community solar developer secures 150 MW of domestic solar modules from ES Foundry
The modules are manufactured using ES Foundry’s own crystalline bifacial passivated emitter and rear contact bifacial solar cells.
Waaree Energies to double its solar module manufacturing in Texas
This expansion comes at a critical time for the U.S. solar industry with much uncertainty around supply chains and pressure to increase domestic output.
Origami Solar expands its portfolio of solar module frames
The steel solar module frame manufacturer is now offering lighter weight and different sizes to serve residential, commercial and utility-scale module manufacturers.
Two U.S. solar production projects out of commission
SPI’s panel-manufacturing plant in California has suddenly ceased operation and its cell-production site in South Carolina never got off the ground.
Solar manufacturing moving onshore and prospering
Efforts to establish solar manufacturing in the United States, on the back of generous Inflation Reduction Act subsidies, have had mixed results. While module assembly facilities appeared swiftly, cell production capacity trails far behind and current policy uncertainty is leaving more questions than answers for solar manufacturers of all sizes.
Global path leads to solar manufacturing in Indianapolis
Lead quality engineer of Bila Solar shares with pv magazine USA his photovoltaic path from India to the United States to China and back again to embrace solar ingenuity and excitement he deems sure to keep spreading.
