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 …
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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Imperial Star Solar, which will start module assembly out of its Texas factory before the end of the year, announced it has entered into a multi-year supply agreement with Suniva for American-made solar cells. Market availability of the solar panels with Suniva cells will begin in the first half of 2025. “This partnership with Suniva …
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Entergy Louisiana and D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) started commercial operations at Sunlight Road Solar, located in Washington Parish, Louisiana. The 50-MW solar facility in Franklinton, developed and built by DESRI, will supply power to Entergy Louisiana’s grid through a 20-year power purchase agreement. Credit: D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments With more than 100,000 …
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Power electronics giant SolarEdge announced today it will shut down its energy storage division. This will result in the loss of 500 jobs, mostly in South Korea. The company expects to save $7.5 million this quarter with this decision. SolarEdge “The decision to close our energy storage division was the result of a thoughtful analysis …
An Ipsun Solar project from 2021. Ipsun Solar announced it is partnering with Versiris Energy to install 1.58 MW of rooftop solar on storage units throughout Virginia. This collaboration aligns with both companies’ commitment to increase access to clean energy and promote sustainability. The first completed installation project in this partnership is at a facility …
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Maxeon announced it will restructure its business to focus exclusively on the U.S. market. The global company based in Singapore will work out a deal with the parent company of its majority shareholder (TCL) to sell its European, Asian and Latin American sales and marketing. TCL will form a new unit, TCL SunPower International, for …
One of Nexamp’s Illinois solar projects. Earlier this year, Nexamp launched its second national headquarters in Chicago at an event featuring Governor JB Pritzker and Representative Danny K. Davis (D-IL). As part of that announcement, Nexamp committed to hiring an additional 50 team members and investing more than $2 billion in the state through its …
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