AVANGRID says it has achieved commercial operation at its 150 MW Lund Hill solar farm in Klickitat County, Wash. The new PV plant – the largest in Washington – will supply Puget Sound Energy’s Green Direct program, which gives large commercial and governmental participants the ability to purchase 100% of their energy from dedicated, local […]
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Raptor Maps, a provider of solar lifecycle management software, has published the fifth edition of its Global Solar Report, featuring data that illustrates the underperformance of solar assets. The report finds that the amount of power loss due to anomalies nearly doubled from 1.61% in 2019 to 3.13% in 2022. The revenue loss is estimated […]
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Lightsource bp has placed an order for 4 GW of thin-film solar modules from First Solar, scheduled to be delivered between 2026 and 2028 and power Lightsource bp projects in the U.S. This latest deal follows a prior order by Lightsource bp for up to 4.3 GW signed in 2021 and places the company on […]
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Ecoppia, a company focused on robotic cleaning solutions for solar photovoltaic installations, is providing support for ENGIE’s 181.25 MW AC Coya Solar PV Plant in Chile’s Antofagasta region, the energy company’s largest project in northern Chile. The Coya Solar PV Plant is located in one of the driest regions in the world. Ecoppia’s water-free robotic […]
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Photovoltaic module manufacturer Silfab Solar Inc. has debuted the next generation of Silfab ELITE, its most powerful USA-made solar panel. The product, which is now available for order and is being shipped to installers, uses the company’s proprietary X-pattern technology, which combines an integrated cell design with an innovative conductive backsheet to create a more […]
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Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), a multi-hospital system based in Carbondale, Ill., is subscribing to three of Nexamp’s community solar farms in Illinois: Pope Creek Solar in Aledo, Mound City Solar in Mound City, and Percy Renewables 1 in Percy. “As a not-for-profit organization, our priority is ensuring each dollar goes as far as possible in […]
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Independent power producer Silicon Ranch has procured an additional 1.5 GW of Series 6 Plus thin-film solar modules from First Solar Inc. The deal expands upon the master supply agreement between the two solar businesses that includes a 4 GW transaction announced in April 2022 and, more recently, a 700 MW commitment announced in October […]
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Lightsource bp and AEP Energy Partners, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, have signed a power purchase agreement for the 188 MW DC Honeysuckle Solar project, located in New Carlisle, about 10 miles west of South Bend, Indiana. Lightsource bp will finance, build, own and operate the facility and sell the solar energy it generates […]
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Trina Solar has debuted a new generation of rooftop photovoltaic modules: the Vertex S+ n-type dual-glass product line with output power reaching 445 W. Trina says Vertex S+ is available in two specifications. The monofacial NEG9R.28 comes with a white rear encapsulant for maximum output power, boasting up to 445 Wp and efficiency reaching 22.3%. […]
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Solar PV company FuturaSun has expanded its product range with new Velvet n-type solars panel using heterojunction technology. This glass-glass bifacial module is based on n-type heterojunction bifacial solar cells. Heterojunction technology combines crystalline silicon with silicon-based thin film to absorb more energy and reach higher performance than PERC modules. In addition, the layers of […]
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OCI Solar Power and Mitsui USA have signed an agreement to collaborate on utility-scale solar energy projects in Texas. Under the agreement, OCI Solar Power will develop the projects and offer them to Mitsui Tokyo for investment. “With its parent company in Japan, Mitsui Tokyo is one of the largest general trading companies in the […]
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Coast Energy, an independent power producer that develops, owns and operates renewable distributed generation and storage projects for commercial and industrial (C&I) real estate, says it has acquired an 8.6 MW project in Brookhaven on Long Island, New York. The project site spans almost 35 acres of limited-use, capped landfill, where over 16,000 solar panels […]
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