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Primergy Solar announced that its 100-MWAC solar project in Ashley County, Arkansas, is fully operational. The project, called Amazon Solar Farm Arkansas – Prairie Mist is now delivering solar energy to the grid and marks the second project in Primergy’s portfolio to come online in 2024. “Prairie Mist represents a step forward in our mission …

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CleanChoice Energy announced it has interconnected its first fully owned-and-operated solar project. Located in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, the Blairs Valley solar farm has the generating capacity to supply the equivalent of 4,500 homes with renewable energy. It is the first completed of several upcoming projects in the company’s pipeline. The Blairs Valley solar project has …

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ABB announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the power electronics business of Gamesa Electric in Spain from Siemens Gamesa to strengthen ABB’s position in the growing market for high-powered renewable power conversion technology. The acquisition will significantly expand ABB’s existing power conversion product and service offering to renewables OEMs and end users, with …

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Burns & McDonnell has completed construction of two solar energy projects for Alliant Energy in Iowa — the 150-MW Wever solar project and the 50-MW Creston solar project. “These projects stand as a testament to Alliant Energy’s commitment to sustainability and our dedication to safety and resilience,” says Jami Stone, construction project manager at Burns & …

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eBOS solutions provider Premier PV will use advanced connector caps from Affordable Wire Management on Premier PV harnessing solutions. AWM’s Solar LOTO improves connector reliability during installation and protects construction crews and O&M workers during energization and maintenance of solar projects. Solar crews traditionally use basic dust caps, party balloons or plastic bags to cover …

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At a company event last week, Hithium premiered three new products: a 6.25-MWh BESS, a sodium-ion battery for utility-scale, and a home microgrid system. The ∞Power 6.25-MWh BESS will come in two-hour or four-hour setups. In the two-hour scenario, the battery cell is 587 Ah, while the four-hour BESS scenario uses 1,175 Ah. The BESS …

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Lumin announced the early-access release of its latest innovation, Panel Guard. Designed to meet the increasing demand for an electrified lifestyle, Panel Guard marries intelligent energy management with the circuit-level visibility and control offered by the Lumin Smart Panel. By dynamically managing loads to stay within the home’s electrical limits, it eliminates the need for …

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The U.S. government is now accepting comments on a proposed waiver to the Build America, Buy America Act. The Depts. of Energy, Agriculture, and Housing and Urban Development, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, have all proposed a one-year waiver of the manufactured product requirements for domestically assembled solar panels used in federal infrastructure projects. …

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New solar panel company NuVision Solar announced plans to start a 2.5-GW solar cell and panel manufacturing facility in the United States. The company will create 500 jobs at the operation. NuVision intends to manufacture bifacial modules using heterojunction technology (HJT). Archive photo of SolarTech Universal’s Florida facility Online documents list the principal address for …

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Trina Storage recently released a white paper on the safety and reliability of energy storage systems, co-authored with TÜV NORD. The white paper begins by analyzing the current landscape of energy storage systems, highlighting emerging market trends and application scenarios across generation, transmission and demand sides. It emphasizes significant safety challenges, such as thermal runaway …

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