Minnesota manufacturing line to be doubled in size from 150 MW to 300 MW of solar modules, creating approximately 130 new jobs. December 5, 2023 Heliene Inc., a provider of North American-made solar PV modules, has invested an additional $10 million to expand its manufacturing and assembly line at its Mountain Iron, Minnesota facility. Minnesota …
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The Dept. of Energy is dedicating new funding to rooftop solar + storage installations for many vulnerable households in Puerto Rico. Michigan becomes 12th state to commit to 100% clean energyLansing, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a group of Clean Energy Future bills that establish new renewable energy requirements for the state of Michigan. The …
Lawrence Berkeley researchers studied how solar buying decisions are influenced across varying income levels and offer rationale for policy changes and incentives to spur adoption among low- to middle-income households. December 4, 2023 Solar on a neighbor’s rooftop may influence another neighbor to go solar, especially if the solar is visible and if the neighbor …
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Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in partnership with the Dept. of Energy (DOE), announced massive demand in the initial application period for solar and wind facilities through the Inflation Reduction Act’s Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program. During the initial 30-day application window, the program received more than 46,000 …
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CPUC has now disallowed using battery-tied solar exports to offset delivery charges. This comes after it moved to slash the value of standalone solar exports as a way to encourage pairing systems with battery storage. December 4, 2023 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has made another anti-rooftop solar decision, ruling that solar-plus-storage customers cannot …
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DEPCOM Power recently began constructing Puerto Rico’s largest solar and battery energy storage system. Ciro One is a 90-MW solar and 51.5-MW storage project developed by Ciro Energy Group. Local subcontractor Lord Construction is assisting DEPCOM with the project. Credit: Lord Construction Group The project in Salinas is expected to begin operation at the end …
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A new set of antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) could affect more segments of solar manufacturing later this month. The Dept. of Commerce is considering imposing AD/CVD tariffs on aluminum extrusions imported from 15 countries, including China, Mexico, Turkey, India, Italy and South Korea. Organizations that petitioned for the AD/CVD investigation on aluminum are the …
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The company is developing a 90 MW solar / 51.5 MW energy storage project with an agrivoltaic pilot program. December 4, 2023 DEPCOM Power, a solar engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and operations and maintenance (O&M) provider, announced it has begun construction on Ciro One, the largest solar-plus-storage project in Puerto Rico. The project, inaugurated …
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From pv magazine global The hot brine in a vast underground reserve under the Salton Sea in California probably contains enough lithium to build 375 million batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), according to “Characterizing the Geothermal Lithium Resource at the Salton Sea,” a new report by the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The …
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