Chinese energy storage system manufacturer Hithium will invest $100 million into a 483,874-ft2 facility in Mesquite, Texas, to assemble batteries. The site should support 10 GWh annual capacity and 141 manufacturing jobs. “The new facility will accelerate Hithium’s development and production of energy storage system products for the U.S. market while also boosting the Mesquite area’s economic …
Sunrun announced that its CalReady power plant was activated to support California’s power grid during the recent heat wave. Batteries from over 16,000 Sunrun customers’ solar + storage systems dispatched power for four consecutive evenings from July 9 to 12 during peak hours. Sunrun customers’ batteries supplied the grid with an average of 48 MW …
Gemini is located thirty minutes outside of Las Vegas and with its 1.8 million solar panels, will power about 10% of Nevada’s peak power demand. July 19, 2024 Primergy and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners announced that the Gemini solar-plus-storage project outside of Las Vegas, Nevada is now operational. The 1.8 million solar panels are expected to …
Largest solar-plus-storage project in U.S. now operational in Nevada Read More »
Falling battery costs, shifting regulations and interest in energy independence are driving increased battery attachment rates on residential solar projects in California. July 19, 2024 The Energy Information Administration reported in its monthly electric power industry report that battery adoption rates are rising among solar customers in California. In October 2023, about 20% of California …
More than half of California solar customers to include battery storage Read More »
First Solar, a thin-film solar manufacturer, is starting a patent infringement investigation based on tunnel-oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology used in crystalline silicon solar manufacturing. First Solar secured TOPCon patents through its acquisition of TetraSun in 2013. Prior to its acquisition, the California-based startup had developed proprietary cell architecture and manufacturing processes for large-format crystalline …
First Solar has crystalline silicon patents, will investigate infringement Read More »
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Sunrise brief: First Solar commissions 1.3 million square-foot R&D facility Read More »
Quanta Services announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cupertino Electric Inc. (CEI), an electrical contractor and solar EPC headquartered in San Jose, California. CEI now joins fellow solar contractors Blattner, Ryan Companies and RPCS under the Quanta banner. Archive photo of Cupertino Electric “We are excited to announce the acquisition of CEI, a …
Quanta Services pays $1.5 billion to acquire Cupertino Electric Read More »
Scanifly has partnered with SunRaise Technology to accelerate SLAs for residential solar leasing. Under the partnership, SunRaise can automatically pull milestone project data, such as site survey images, shade reports, CAD files and install punch lists, into their review queue from Scanifly’s software in real time. This eliminates the back-and-forth between contractors and SunRaise to …
SunRaise now integrating Scanifly project data in residential solar lease software Read More »
Solar tracker manufacturer Soltec revealed a new foundation option for its SFOne single-axis solar tracker systems called 4×4. The mounting solution is designed to help single-axis solar trackers adapt to more terrains and locations while reducing land preparation work like grading. A computer rendering of Soltec’s SFOne single-axis solar tracker using the company’s latest foundation …
Soltec expands slope tolerance on single-axis solar trackers Read More »
Each project comprises 86 Tesla Megapacks and will provide a capacity of 320 MWh of battery storage with a two-hour duration. July 18, 2024 Intersect Power announced the closing of two separate transactions representing an aggregate of $837 million of financing commitments for the construction and operation of three standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) …
Intersect Power closes $837 million in financing for three battery systems in Texas Read More »
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