Industry

Trina Solar has initiated legal action against Runergy for unauthorized use of Trina’s TOPCon solar cell technology patents. “Legal action protects the integrity of Trina’s TOPCon technology,” said Steven Zhu, president of Trina Solar US. “At Trina, we embrace the power to safeguard our innovations and actively pursue those who compromise our intellectual property.” Trina …

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Piscataway Township Schools partnered with Greenskies Clean Focus, a renewable energy solutions provider, to install a 1.67-MW rooftop solar portfolio in New Jersey. Greenskies installed over 3,700 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at seven schools and the District Administration Building. The seven arrays installed in this portfolio are: Eisenhower Elementary School (243 kW) Grandview Elementary School …

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Sunrun has networked more than 16,200 customers’ solar + storage systems to support California’s electrical grid during the hot summer months. Sunrun’s CalReady power plant will reduce strain on the grid by supplying critical energy to communities that need it throughout California in order to reduce costs and help prevent power emergencies. For the second …

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Not-for-profit public utility Morrisville Water and Light (MWL) is bolstering its grid reliability after the unanimous approval from its board of trustees for an energy storage service agreement with Encore Renewable Energy for the development of a 5-MW battery storage project in Morrisville, Vermont. “We are thrilled to embark on this innovative partnership with Encore,” …

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Tigo Energy announced the newest additions to the Tigo Flex MLPE product family, the Tigo TS4-X line. Designed to serve the commercial and industrial (C&I) as well as utility solar markets, Tigo TS4-X products support the latest high-power solar modules, up to 800 W. Members of the TS4-X product family feature compatibility with Pure Signal …

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Hercules Machinery Corporation (HMC), a construction machinery company, launched its latest product, the STR20-RC, a remote-controlled piling machine designed specifically for solar farm construction. Designed with precision engineering, the STR20-RC can drive piles to depths of 24 ft (with 5 ft extension) for solar installations. The STR20-RC solar pile driver from Hercules Machinery Corporation. “The …

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Nautilus Solar Energy, on behalf of its affiliate Nautilus US Power Holdco, and TurningPoint Energy announce their partnership on a 29.3-MW portfolio of community solar projects in Illinois. The portfolio of four community solar projects, located in Kankakee and Livingston counties, is projected to be operational by 2025. This collaboration strengthens the foothold of Nautilus …

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LONGi has broken another world-record for silicon solar cell efficiency. As certified by Germany’s Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH), new silicon heterojunction back-contact (HBC) solar cells designed by LONGi have reached an efficiency of 27.30% under laboratory conditions. LONGi now holds the world records for efficiency in crystalline silicon solar cells and for efficiency …

LONGi reaches 27.03% efficiency on HJT solar cells in lab Read More »

LONGi has launched a new solar panel designed for durability and reliability in hail and windstorms. The Hi-MO 5 Ice-Shield module is a dual-glass bifacial panel that uses thicker top-glass than traditional modules. Unlike standard bifacial dual-glass PV modules that typically use 2-mm of heat-strengthened front and rear glass, LONGi’s new Ice-Shield module uses toughened …

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The Dept. of Commerce announced preliminary determinations from an ongoing investigation that aluminum extrusion producers and exporters in China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam imported aluminum extrusions at less-than-fair value in the United States. Since they are preliminary determinations, Commerce will continue to collect …

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