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Month: February 2023

SMA brings new commercial solar inverter to U.S. market

SMA America is launching the Sunny Tripower X to the Americas market for use in commercial PV systems. The solution has previously been available in markets outside the Americas. This light-weight commercial inverter features the proven quality of all SMA solutions and is designed for small-to-medium sized commercial applications. The Sunny Tripower X gives system …

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Kontrolmatik’s Pomega breaks ground on 3-GWh lithium battery factory in South Carolina

Kontrolmatik Technologies, via its subsidiary Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its previously announced 3-GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in South Carolina. As construction of its lithium-ion battery factory in Ankara, Turkey, nears completion, Kontrolmatik Technologies announced in December its plan to build a 500,000-sq-ft facility in Colleton County that is expected to …

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Longroad Energy starts construction on 202 MWdc Umbriel Solar project in Texas

Longroad Energy has begun construction of Umbriel Solar, a 202 MWdc (150 MWac) PV project located in Polk County, Texas. The project is the company’s sixth greenfield renewable energy project in Texas to reach financial close and is the company’s first project in the state’s MISO footprint. Development of Umbriel began in 2017, and the …

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Enel adds 2 GW of North America renewable capacity in 2022

Utility-scale solar and wind projects developed by Enel totaled 1.98 GW last year, while power purchase agreements reached 630 MW. The company added three major North American businesses last year. February 7, 2023 Enel North America announced it brought online 1.98 GW of utility-scale solar and wind projects in the United States and Canada last …

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Gripple to showcase above-ground cable management systems at Intersolar

Cable management company Gripple will be demonstrating its range of above-ground cable management systems at Intersolar next week. The company, which supplies its product range to solar EPCs and subcontractors globally, will be running real time product demos at the conference. Gripple will also discuss how its systems deliver minimal disturbance to the environment and avoid …

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Dronebase rebrands as Zeitview to scale aerial solar scanning

Zeitview issues real-time ratings from A to D for operational solar projects of 1 MW and larger. February 7, 2023 In flight to reposition itself as an advanced inspection software company for energy and infrastructure, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and manned aircraft specialist Dronebase rebranded to Zeitview today. The company is funding its business model …

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Linton to manufacture silicon equipment for solar panel makers within the United States

Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT) announced it will produce solar panel manufacturing equipment in the United States and intends to break ground on a U.S. factory in Q2 2023. The Rochester, New York-based company makes silicon-growing and crystal-processing equipment and has previously worked with Dalian Linton NC Machine Co. Ltd. in China to manufacture its equipment. …

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Valentin updates tool for designing heat pump systems

GeoT*SOL 2023 includes a photovoltaic option and configurable diagrams. February 7, 2023 In the quest to electrify everything, heat pumps are the answer for many homeowners, according to a recent survey conducted by Carbon Switch, a producer of research and guides on how to live more sustainably. While heat pumps have had a reputation as not providing …

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Large-scale solar project reuses EV batteries as energy storage

B2U Storage Solutions, which repurposes electric vehicle batteries for energy storage systems, started operations of a 25-MWh system at its SEPV Sierra hybrid solar + storage facility in Lancaster, California. The project’s storage capacity is comprised of 1,300 reused EV battery packs sourced from Honda and Nissan. Credit: B2U Storage Solutions The Sierra hybrid storage …

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