Renewable energy merger and acquisition opportunities for 2024
FTI Consulting said incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act could cause a “seismic shift” on the U.S. economy as a whole over the next 12 to 24 months.
Primergy secures $588 million for 408 MW solar project in Texas
Microsoft entered a power purchase agreement for 100% of the plant’s production.
The top five states for solar deployment in 2023
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released an overview of the top states for solar installation last year.
Solar simulator for perovskite-silicon tandem PV cells, modules
A new measurment and solar simulator instrument designed for perovskite-silicon tandem cells and encapsulated mini-modules is the latest product from a collaboration between Canadian solar simulator supplier G2V Optics and U.S.-based measurement instrumentation company Sinton Instruments.
First Solar unit achieves world record CIGS solar efficiency of 23.64%
The new solar cell achieved a maximum power conversion efficiency of 23.75% and a certified efficiency of 23.64%, thus beating the previous world record of 23.35% achieved in 2019 by Japan’s Solar Frontier. The result was confirmed by the Fraunhofer ISE.
Proposed New York bill doubles residential solar tax credit to $10,000
The income tax credit is currently capped at $5,000. A proposed bill would double the cap and add provisions to enable low- to moderate-income residents to receive a refund payment.
IRS releases final rules for clean energy tax credit direct pay and transferability
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its final guidelines for the direct pay and credit transfer market created by the Inflation Reduction Act.
This Biden era law has spurred $240 billion in clean energy investment and 170,000 jobs
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 set aside record-level funding for climate and energy, supporting this critical decade of energy transition.
Aurora Solar adds EagleView aircraft imagery to rooftop design platform
The platform covers 94% of the U.S. population with imagery as much as 70 times more detailed than standard satellite energy.
Printed flexible solar cells for space applications
Printed flexible solar cell technology developed by Australia’s national science agency has been successfully launched into space as part of billionaire Elon Musk’s Space X’s Transporter-10 mission.
