Leading a $30 million initiative, the Atlas Venture Group has formed a new company that manufactures cadmium telluride photovoltaic solar panels in Toledo, Ohio. Toledo Solar Inc. will begin shipping its Tier 1 panels to customers worldwide in June. They have over $800 million in purchase orders for solar panels, power converters and energy storage […]
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Tigo Energy Inc., developer of the Flex MLPE and TS4 platforms, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against APsystems, seeking to hold APsystems accountable for its willful infringement of Tigo patents related to rapid shutdown technology. A rapid shutdown function is required for PV systems on […]
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Duke Energy Florida (DEF) has filed the locations of its three newest solar power plants, which will provide cleaner energy solutions to benefit Florida customers. The Duette Solar Power Plant will be built on approximately 520 acres in Manatee County, Fla. Once operational, the 74.5 MW facility will consist of approximately 227,000 single-axis tracking solar […]
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REsurety, a provider of valuation analytics and risk management services to buyers and sellers of renewable energy, has launched its REmap map-based SaaS product. REmap is a new information services product that harnesses a massive project performance dataset and suite of financial analytics that industries use to make long-term asset and contract decisions for wind […]
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RP Construction Services Inc. (RPCS), a California-based solar tracker project design, supply and installation subcontractor, has opened a new logistics facility in Kosciusko, Miss. The new facility is now the third distribution yard owned and operated by RPCS in order to serve the U.S. utility-scale solar market, complementing RPCS’ Texas and California locations. The facility, […]
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GZA, a multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water and construction management services, has been retained by Kearsarge Energy and the town of Montague, Mass., for engineering services supporting the development of a new 3 MW solar farm. The project, which will also involve the capping of a long-abandoned landfill in Montague, brings GZA’s total […]
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The coal mining industry has been declining for decades in the far southwestern corner of Virginia, a trend made even worse of late due to the pandemic. The region has experienced a significant economic downturn as a result, with unemployment and poverty levels rising as no new opportunities have successfully replaced the jobs lost to […]
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PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), an independent test lab for the global downstream solar industry, has published the 6th Edition of its PV Module Reliability Scorecard in partnership with DNV GL, a global certification body. The report reveals eight new Top Performers compared to the 2019 Scorecard. However, it also shows that some manufacturers overlooked minimum […]
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Solar Data Systems Inc., an official provider of Solar-Log hardware-agnostic energy monitoring and management, has partnered with iPLON India, a company that specializes in solar monitoring systems. As part of this partnership, Solar Data Systems can offer iPLON’s solar PV monitoring systems, controllers and total life cycle management solutions in the U.S. for the large-scale […]
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The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2020-41, which confirms that safe-harbor provisions for the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) will be extended until Oct. 15 as a result of the pandemic, giving solar companies more time to qualify for the credit. “We appreciate the additional layer of clarity the Treasury Department has provided with […]
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Sungrow, a global supplier of inverter solutions in the renewables market, says the company’s ST556kWh-250UD energy storage system (ESS) has received the UL9540 certificate issued by TÜV Rheinland for the North American C&I energy storage market. Receiving UL’s certification demonstrates that Sungrow’s ESS solution meets the comprehensive requirements in system safety and compliance. As one […]
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Point Load Power, a company that specializes in rooftop solar tracking for commercial and industrial (C&I) buildings, has launched the PV Booster Gen 2. The system is designed to maximize solar production from monofacial and bifacial solar panels, producing up to 70% more energy per panel compared to ordinary rooftop mounting solutions constrained to fixed-tilt […]
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