J.P. Morgan and Capital One provide $260 million tax equity financing for solar project
BrightNight secured funds for a 300 MW solar project in Arizona jointly owned with Cordelio Power.
Major battery energy storage system in Arizona supports Meta data center
Arizona’s newest and largest battery energy storage system (BESS) is part of a solar-plus-storage project that will supply Meta’s enormous energy needs for a new, 100% green energy-powered data center in the region.
Longi introduces 665 W HPBC photovoltaic modules
The Chinese PV manufacturer said its new module series has a power conversion efficiency of up to 24.8% and temperature coefficient is -0.26% per C.
Researchers capture first-ever images of electric charges across semiconductor materials within a solar cell
A team from the University of California Santa Barbara used ultrafast electron microscopy to record photocarriers as they diffuse across a silicon and germanium heterojunction. It is the first time the movement, which lasts picoseconds, has been captured as a moving visual.
IEA forecasts over 4,000 GW of new solar by 2030
The International Energy Agency says renewables are on course to meet almost half of global electricity demand by 2030, with solar accounting for 80% of the growth in capacity.
Over 60% of surveyed Trump voters in Texas said they support solar tax credits
While some Texas lawmakers are pushing restrictions to solar development, 89% of surveyed Texans, including 83% of self-identified Trump voters, said they support the right for property owners to lease land for solar development.
Analyzing countervailing duty tariff rates on solar cells
Import tariff rates range from 0.14% to nearly 300% of the cost of shipped goods on certain solar cells and modules shipped from Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand.
MIT scientists build PV-driven desalination system that reacts to changes in sunlight
The proposed brackish water desalination system uses photovoltaic electrodialysis to enable direct-drive desalination at high production rates. It already operated for 6 months on real brackish groundwater and was reportedly able to use 94% of the extracted PV energy.
Ashtrom Group enters U.S. solar market with 300 MW utility-scale project
Ashtrom Renewable Energy activated its first U.S. utility-scale solar project, located on 2,200 acres in Texas.
What to expect in a residential solar loan
A report from Energysage reviews common terms for residential solar loans.
