Ørsted, a company that develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms and energy storage facilities, says it is moving forward with its largest onshore project to date, a 518 MW hybrid wind and solar PV project, with an expected operational date in the first half of 2022. The Helena Energy Center […]
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Despite the pandemic, solar installers reported an all-time high in industry confidence, according to the results of the sixth annual Solar Installer Survey recently released by EnergySage and the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP). Over 650 residential and commercial installers across the country participated in this year’s survey. As was the case […]
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Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., along with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., have introduced legislation that would help the clean energy industry create good-paying jobs and recover from the COVID-driven economic downturn. The Save America’s Clean Energy Jobs Act would allow for temporary refundability of section 45, 45Q and 48 investment and […]
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SolarWindow Technologies Inc., a developer of transparent liquid coatings and processes for generating electricity on glass and plastics, says it has more than doubled its prior certified performance, achieving the highest independently certified power conversion efficiency of previous organic photovoltaic devices fabricated at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., […]
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Q CELLS, a total energy solutions provider in solar, energy storage, downstream project business and energy retail, has launched the Q.FLAT-G6, a flat roof mounting system, in all of the major European solar markets. Q CELLS says its Q.FLAT-G6 mounting system has an optimized ballast that makes it the company’s most aerodynamic flat roof mounting […]
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JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd., a solar module manufacturer, has launched a new series of Tiger Pro modules targeted for the distributed generation market. The new module is based on the Tiger Pro 182 mm, 54-cell design that delivers a maximum power of 415 W and an efficiency of 21.3%. Suitable for a variety of distributed […]
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Q CELLS, a photovoltaic manufacturer, has filed a patent infringement complaint in Germany with the Regional Court of Düsseldorf against Astronergy Solarmodule GmbH. Q CELLS has also filed separate patent infringement complaints in France with the High Court of Paris. The filing in Germany against Astronergy followed the Regional Court of Düsseldorf’s ruling that JinkoSolar […]
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Q CELLS, a total energy solutions provider in solar, energy storage, downstream project business and energy retail, has launched the Q.FLAT-G6, a flat roof mounting system, in all of the major European solar markets. Q CELLS says its Q.FLAT-G6 mounting system has an optimized ballast that makes it the company’s most aerodynamic flat roof mounting […]
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) says it intends cut the cost of solar energy by 60% within the next 10 years, in addition to providing nearly $128 million in funding to lower costs, improve performance and speed the deployment of solar energy technologies. “In many parts of the country, solar is already cheaper than […]
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Tigo Energy Inc., a company that specializes in Flex-MLPE (module-level power electronics), has unveiled a new version of its IEC-certified TS4-A-O optimizer that increases its rated module power to 700 W. Tigo says the TS4-A-O optimizer has the highest per-module wattage of any commercially available optimizer on the market, enabling it to work with the […]
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The current processes in and between regional transmission organizations (RTOs) are impeding the development of low-cost renewable power, according to a review recently released of regional and interregional transmission planning in the Great Plains, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. The analysis from Concentric Energy Advisors, commissioned by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) as part of […]
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Wind power, solar power and energy storage projects are providing new economic opportunities for rural Texas counties, bringing needed diversification, economic development, job creation and multi-generational revenue through a growing property tax base and payments to landowners, according to CleanPowerPays.org, a new interactive website launched this week by the Advanced Power Alliance (APA) and Solar […]
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