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Energy Toolbase has announced that Solesca has joined the ETB Developer platform for design services. This partnership brings Solesca’s pre-CAD design capabilities to ETB Developer users, offering faster, more accurate and cost-effective design solutions for commercial and industrial (C&I) and community-scale solar projects. Solesca is an intuitive design experience that helps developers accelerate project timelines …

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FREYR Battery, a Norwegian developer of battery cells, is getting into solar panel manufacturing after announcing it will acquire the U.S. manufacturing operations of Trina Solar. Inside the Wilmer panel assembly factory. FREYR, which previously sought to serve the energy storage and EV markets, was pursuing a gigawatt-scale battery factory in Coweta County, Georgia. Now …

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SolarEdge Technologies announced it closed its first transaction for the sale of IRA Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credits in consideration for approximately $40 million, net of discounts and fees. The credits were generated by sales of eligible, U.S.-made inverters in the first half of 2024. “The Inflation Reduction Act and new §45X of …

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Namaste Solar The Maryland Energy Administration today announced the opening of the new Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Commercial Solar Grant Program, which offers major incentives to Maryland businesses and organizations to help pay the costs of solar energy systems that benefit Maryland’s low-to-moderate income, overburdened and underserved communities. “The agency developed the Commercial Solar Grant …

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Canadian Premium Sand (CPS), a glass manufacturer setting up in Canada to produce glass for solar panels, announced today that it intends to also start a pattern solar glass factory in the United States, capable of producing enough glass for 4 GW of solar panels annually. Credit: Oregon Department of Transportation CPS has been finalizing …

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New solar + storage installations backed by the Dept. of Energy’s Loan Programs Office will enhance grid security for Puerto Rico. LPO announces $861 million loan guarantee for Puerto Rico solar + storage portfolioWashington, D.C. The U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Loan Programs Office announced an $861.3 million loan guarantee to finance the construction of two …

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A coalition of 28 organizations, including U.S. and Puerto Rican nonprofits, solar and battery companies, filed a Friend of the Court brief (Amicus) in federal court this week to stand against the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (FOMB). The coalition argues that FOMB’s legal attack on Act 10 — a law extending …

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Field sales software SalesRabbit announced the launch of its native Solar Design tool, a new addition to the SalesRabbit platform. This tool aims to further streamline the solar sales process by allowing solar sales teams to fully design and present solar proposals within the SalesRabbit ecosystem. By incorporating this tool with SalesRabbit’s existing Solar Proposals …

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SolarCycle today announced details of the solar panel recycling facility that will be built adjacent to its glass manufacturing plant in Cedartown, Georgia. The 255,000-ft2 recycling facility will have the capacity to recycle 2 million solar panels each year — nearly 5 GW total. SolarCycle will employ more than 1,250 workers across the recycling facility …

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Recently imposed trade duties on aluminum extrusion imports were reversed by the U.S. International Trade Commission Wednesday afternoon. Credit: Michael Pointner/Pixabay Following a yearlong investigation by the Dept. of Commerce in which the department found 14 countries were dumping and/or receiving foreign government aid to produce cheaper aluminum extrusion items, a majority ITC vote determined …

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