Watch: OMCO Solar talks growth, Inflation Reduction Act, and made-in-USA
In an interview at RE+ Anaheim with pv magazine USA, Eric Goodwin, director of business development at OMCO Solar shares his company’s story, and where it is headed.
Study shows that Nextracker’s machine learning software improves solar plant output
The software’s algorithms were found to boost output by leveraging Nextracker’s independent-row tracking system.
Sunrise brief: Agrivoltaics co-locates solar and agriculture, yielding mutual benefit
Also on the rise: Bi-directional charging approved for Nissan LEAF in the U.S. PVH to open solar tracker manufacturing plant in Texas. And more.
PVH to open 6 GW U.S. solar tracker manufacturing site
PV Hardware expects the plant to be operational in 2023. This is the latest in a wave of solar supply chain onshoring in the wake of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Sunrise brief: Solar industry responds to Senate passage of Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Also on the rise: Ampt lawsuit asks that SolarEdge remove inverters and controllers from market. North Carolinians would save $18 billion through 2050 with high-renewables carbon plan. And more.
Global tracker provider FTC Solar posts 44% growth in 2021
The company announced the launch of a turnkey operation for sub 20MW projects and reported revenues of $101.7 million in the fourth quarter.
Sunrise brief: Missing–Five to ten gigawatts of utility scale solar in 2022
Also on the rise: Equitable access to solar is part of DOE-backed plan. One to six million metric tons of lithium may lie beneath the Salton Sea. Adopting standards for EVs will accelerate the path for these vehicles. Solar tracker manufacturers can expect a boom in the US through 2025. Heliogen plans concentrated solar power manufacturing facility. IBM, ABB, and Worley team up to help energy companies build and operate green hydrogen facilities.
CS Energy deploys over 150 MW of solar trackers in Northeast US
The EPC firm deployed several projects, averaging about 25 MW, in a region that deploys tracker projects at a lower rate than the national average.
Arevon Energy taps Nextracker for 1.6 GW of solar projects
Nextracker will supply NX Horizon smart solar trackers with TrueCapture and NX Navigator software and control systems for seven projects in Indiana and Nevada.
Sunrise brief: Congress passes solar ITC extension
Also on the rise: A simple safeguard for the growing danger of arc-fault events; EDF Renewables signs a PPA; Soltec will supply trackers to AES
