Month: June 2024

Two of three planned solar projects in Panola County, Mississippi, are now online. Clearloop, a Silicon Ranch company, this week commissioned the 6.6-MW Panola I Solar Farm and 6.6-MW Panola II Solar Farm in partnership with local power company Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association (TVEPA) and local economic development group Panola Partnership. Through Clearloop’s approach …

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Independent testing lab Kiwa PVEL today publishes its 10th edition of the “PV Module Reliability Scorecard” report. The scorecard provides the solar industry with a comprehensive resource of testing insights gained from Kiwa PVEL’s Product Qualification Program (PQP), a suite of reliability and performance tests that analyze modules across a range of conditions, from temperature …

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today invested $9.5 million in four new projects supporting social science research that examines the ways that siting practices can influence public attitudes toward and permitting of large-scale solar facilities. The research will generate actionable insights that improve outcomes for host communities — particularly those that are underserved — …

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Two solar panel brands today achieved the Global Electronics Council’s (GEC) stringent sustainability criteria, making them EPEAT registered products. The Q.TRON and Q.PEAK DUO crystalline silicon module lines from Qcells and the Series 6 Plus and Series 7 TR1 cadmium-telluride thin-film panels from First Solar are the first in the industry to reach the EPEAT designation. EPEAT …

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Sunrock Distributed Generation and Watthub Renewables have announced the completion of a 280-kW rooftop solar installation on the Palm Valley Church in Goodyear, Arizona. Financed by a solar service agreement, the installation is expected to cut the church’s annual energy bill by around 30%. Located in a former multi-tenanted retail building, the Goodyear site is …

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Numerical weather prediction (NWP) company Climavision has released its new Horizon AI suite of products to serve the renewable energy industry. The company has steadily expanded its application of machine learning and AI to increase the accuracy and range of its forecast models. Now, with the recent acquisition of Intersphere, provider of AI-Driven subseasonal to …

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