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Solar project developer Avantus signed a power purchase agreement with Arizona Public Service (APS) for the Kitt Solar Project, a 100-MWAC array that will be paired with 400 MWh of energy storage. Located in Pinal County, Arizona, the Kitt Solar Project will complete development and start construction of the project in 2025, with operations expected …

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Continuing the TOPCon patent battle, JinkoSolar has now filed a patent infringement claim in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against VSUN and Toyo. The claims are against two TOPCon patents held by Jinko (U.S. Patent Nos. 11,581,454 and 11,824,136). Both patents for “Solar cell, manufacturing method thereof, and photovoltaic module” …

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Dimension Energy has completed construction of the largest third-party-owned community solar project in the United States. Situated in Inyokern, California, this project will produce 44 MW of clean energy, serving a diverse group of residential and commercial customers in Southern California Edison service territory. Among the beneficiaries are over 2,000 households, supportive housing organization the …

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The United States’ largest proposed solar project, Sunstone Solar, received its final discretionary approval from the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC). The approval was the final step in the state’s evaluation and public engagement process and authorizes project owner Pine Gate Renewables to proceed with constructing the 1.2 GW solar and 1.2 GW storage …

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The Dept. of the Treasury and the IRS have released the final rules for the Sec. 48 Energy Credit – also known as the federal investment tax credit (ITC). For decades, the ITC has fueled U.S. clean energy development by providing a tax credit for investments in qualifying clean energy property – generally 30% of the …

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Indigenized Energy, a Native-led capacity-building organization that works directly with Tribes to build sustainable solar energy systems, announced an d  in-kind donation of over 2,000 solar modules by JinkoSolar. The largest donation of its kind to-date, the modules will deliver more than 800 kW of energy to Tribal Nations across the Midwestern United States. JinkoSolar’s …

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According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q4 2024 report released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, the U.S. solar industry installed 8.6 GW of new electricity generation capacity in Q3, representing a 21% year-over-year increase and the largest Q3 ever for the industry. The utility-scale segment led the industry with …

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PV Hardware USA (PVH), a solar tracker manufacturer, has developed Diffuse Control, a solar tracker algorithm designed to increase solar plant generation during overcast conditions, potentially increasing production by up to 20% on some days compared to traditional sun tracking algorithms. Credit: PVHardware USA “Sun tracking is most often based on pure geometry, where the …

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By SPW | December 2, 2024 Solar Power World is proud to today unveil its inaugural winning class of Top Products for the solar and storage industry. The 2024 Top Products contest celebrates the most innovative and significant products available to the U.S. market. “Our judges had their work cut out for them, assessing many …

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Following the Dept. of Commerce’s preliminary decision to impose countervailing duties (CVD) on silicon solar cell imports from Southeast Asia, the federal government has preliminarily decided to enforce antidumping (AD) tariffs as well. Commerce has been conducting separate AD and CVD investigations into solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam after the American Alliance for …

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