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The recent Hanwha investment will enable a re-start of the currently idle Moses Lake plant in 2023 and make available high volumes of cost competitive, high quality, and low carbon solar grade polysilicon. August 22, 2022 REC Silicon and Mississippi Silicon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) committing the companies to negotiate a raw material …

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From pv magazine global The first fruits of US President Joe Biden‘s Inflation Reduction Act have already been witnessed, with Swiss solar module and production line manufacturer Meyer Burger ramping up its solar panel production plans. The heterojunction module maker cited the U.S. climate change and health care package as one of the reasons it is accelerating its manufacturing plans, …

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This new home energy management solution is the brains behind home energy generation, battery backup and EV charging. August 18, 2022 SolarEdge announced the North American launch of SolarEdge Home, a home energy management solution that is the “brain” of a solar installation that brings together solar, batteries, EV chargers and more into one solution …

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US balance-of-system specialist Shoals posted record revenue and gross profit in the second quarter on rising sales of components and strong demand for its combine-as-you-go system. August 17, 2022 From pv magazine global Despite the headwinds the US solar industry faced in the second quarter of 2022, following the Department of Commerce’s (DoC) announcement of …

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The IEEE 2800 standard would make the transmission grid interconnection process more efficient, and updating modeling and performance requirements would help ensure system reliability, according to an executive from the Electric Power Research Institute. August 17, 2022 To ease interconnection of solar, wind and storage projects to the transmission grid, a technical executive with the …

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As solar power scales, modelers are seeking better tools to help project where, and how much solar power can be deployed. NREL’s solar ordinance tool aims to improve these models. August 17, 2022 The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a database of 838 solar ordinances from across the United …

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The acquisition by Pivot Energy will enable SGC to enter new markets and increase value to their property owners. August 16, 2022 Pivot Energy, which finances, builds, owns, and manages distributed energy projects, announced the acquisition of SGC Power, a Maryland-based community solar developer. SGC Power has been involved in 285+ solar projects with a total …

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The Jupiter Power battery energy storage systems will use Energy Vault Solutions’ proprietary system design and EVS’ Energy Management Software, both designed for optimal grid resiliency and economic energy dispatch. August 16, 2022 Energy Vault and Jupiter Power announced the signing of two contracts whereby Energy Vault will supply equipment, engineering, procurement, construction, balance of …

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LevelTen Energy, a renewables transaction infrastructure company, has launched a new platform to simplify and accelerate power purchase agreement market analysis. The new platform, MarketPulse, provides 24/7 access to PPA price data, renewable energy project data, and analytics. August 15, 2022 From pv magazine global In recent years demand has been high for renewables to …

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Qcells is communicating with officials in Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas to select a site for a nearly fully vertically integrated 9 gigawatt manufacturing facility August 15, 2022 Qcells is searching for a place to build a nine gigawatt per year manufacturing facility for their newly branded solar panels in a nearly fully vertically integrated …

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