May 26, 2022 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

Statement: Interior Department proposes first offshore California wind lease sales

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The Department of the Interior has announced the first proposed lease sales for wind power off the shore of California and the United States’ West Coast. The sales would take place in five proposed areas, with two in the Humboldt Wind Energy Area off the north coast of California and three in the Morro Bay Wind …

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Six members of Congress sign letter urging DOC to continue solar anti-circumvention investigation

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The letter urges President Biden to protect US manufacturing from unfair foreign influence, insinuates a concerted political and lobbyist effort to undermine the investigation, draws on fears over national cybersecurity, and claims current module import shortfalls are an attempt to apply political pressure via a stagnating market. May 26, 2022 US Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) …

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Duke Energy, Nort Carolina Solar installers compromise on net metering

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After intervention by some of the state’s largest rooftop solar installers, the new compromise includes a delay of time-of-use rates for net metering customers until at least 2026 and a ‘Proposed Bridge Rate’ for new net metering customers. May 26, 2022 Duke Energy and a collective of some of the largest rooftop solar installers in …

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Hawaii university offsets 39% of energy with new solar + storage installation

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Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions and Brigham Young University-Hawaii announced completion of a campus-wide renewable energy system that includes rooftop solar, carport solar and battery energy storage. Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, designed and constructed the renewable energy system and the battery energy storage system containing Tesla Megapacks. The estimated …

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An American at Intersolar: Part IV – So Much Gear

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In our last article on Intersolar 2022 Munich, we present a small fraction of the countless vendors exhibiting their products on the floor. May 26, 2022 Intersolar is more than bike rides in Amsterdam, solar panels, and robots and energy storage. There were also inverters, racking, cabling, monitoring, engineering, finance, media, and an abundance of …

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Qcells will build new 1.4-GW solar module plant near existing factory in Georgia

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Qcells existing 1.7-GW module factory in Dalton, Georgia Qcells has announced that its new 1.4-GW module assembly facility in the United States will be located near its existing 1.7-GW plant in Dalton, Georgia. The $171 million investment will support 470 new jobs, bringing Qcells’ total U.S. manufacturing jobs to more than 1,200. “Our additional investment …

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Illinois pork producer turns to solar as ‘most economically beneficial option’

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Citing a need to diffuse accelerating energy costs and a desire to further sustainable farming practices, The Maschhoffs have broken ground on a new 3-MW solar array at its Griggsville Feed Mill. Tracker Month sponsor Power Your Next Project with the OMCO Origin Bifacial Tracker Bifacial modules capture more power, resulting in increased solar energy …

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Trackers vs. the elements, part two: working with wind

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As was highlighted briefly in the first entry in this series, high wind speeds, especially since the advent and subsequent adoption of large-format modules, are one of the critical variable factors limiting the overall impact that trackers can have on the solar industry. High wind can mean sustained gusts over the course of hours – …

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West Virginia utilities now accepting SREC purchases for 50-MW solar portfolio

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Mon Power and Potomac Edison, subsidiaries of FirstEnergy, are accepting customer commitments to purchase solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) from five utility-scale solar facilities planned for the companies’ West Virginia service territory. The companies recently received conditional approval from the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for the five projects, which will together total 50 …

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Qcells confirms location of solar panel manufacturing expansion in the US

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The solar manufacturer will bring nearly 500 news jobs to Dalton, Georgia and invest $171 million on the new facility. May 26, 2022 Qcells announced that its new solar panel manufacturing facility will be located in Dalton, Georgia near where the company already operates a 1.7 GW module factory. Expected to come online as early …

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