Sunrise brief: Longroad brings 200 MW of solar online for Microsoft
Also on the rise: A 500 MW pumped storage project gets seed money from California, supply chain issues are pushing up prices and delaying projects, and Pine Gate Renewables completes a 108 MW project in North Carolina.
Sun Streams 2 enters service with Microsoft as long-term offtaker
Sun Streams 2 is one of four Arizona projects that Longroad acquired from First Solar. The PV and storage portfolio totals roughly 900 MW with the potential for 1-2 GWh of battery storage.
SEIA has a ‘strong sense’ that U.S. solar supply chains are shifting, but hard numbers are scarce
The industry’s leading trade group has called for supply chains to shift by the end of June, and pressure grows on the Biden administration to act on allegations of forced labor use.
First Solar to add 3.3 GW of capacity in a new $680 million Ohio factory
The 1.8 million-square-foot facility is projected to create 500 jobs and produce an enhanced thin film PV module for the utility-scale solar market in the U.S.
Sunrise brief: First Solar joins global workers’ rights coalition
Also on the rise: Utah solar plant will supply a new Facebook data center, Talesun will supply bi-facial modules to a Pennsylvania solar project, and Deutsche Bank arranges financing for a 250 MW California solar project.
First Solar and Nel to develop integrated solar-hydrogen power plants
The companies first will work to develop an integrated power plant control and SCADA system.
University of Wyoming, 9H partner on a 3 MW solar research facility for students
The solar installation will use First Solar Series 6 modules and the research facility will return up to $10 million to the university through energy savings and services.
First Solar signals interest in new U.S. supply of tellurium for its solar panel production
Mining group Rio Tinto said it will spend nearly $3 million on a facility in Utah to recover tellurium, a critical mineral used in solar panels.
Sunrise brief: First Solar signs 2.4 GW deal, reports results from a “challenging” 2020
Also on the rise: Plug Power plans a $290 million green hydrogen plant, and Argonne National Laboratory has a small-scale climate model that can help pinpoint risks to solar farms and other infrastructure assets.
Longroad buys Arizona solar capacity from First Solar
The projects include 200 MW slated to enter service in June and 700 MW in early-stage development.
