Category: Green Building LEED News

  • JA Solar to open 2 GW solar module plant in United States

    The U.S. solar manufacturing news keeps on coming this week. China-based JA Solar announced plans to construct a 2 GW PV panel factory in Arizona, an investment of $60.5 million. The land has already been leased and the factory is expected to operations in Q4 this year. JA Solar is one of the largest cell……

  • Seminole, Blackstone Finance 55 MW Revity Energy Solar Project in Rhode Island

    Seminole Financial Services, in partnership with Blackstone Credit, has closed a $104 million debt facility to provide financing for the construction of a 55 MW Rhode Island solar project. This transaction represents the 16th project Seminole has financed for the developer, Revity Energy LLC, and its affiliates, which develop, construct, own and operate renewable energy generation facilities ranging in size from 250 kW to more than 55 MW. Since 2010, Revity has successfully developed and……

  • Enfinity solidifies U.S. presence by acquiring 400 MW of operating solar projects 

    Enfinity Global Inc. has completed the acquisition of a 400 MW operational utility-scale solar portfolio, marking a milestone in the expansion of the company in the United States. In September 2022, Enfinity signed a definitive agreement with Capital Dynamics to acquire a diversified contracted portfolio, consisting of 28 operational solar PV power plants located in California, North Carolina and Idaho,……

  • Trina Solar wafer facility coming online this year to only serve U.S. market

    Trina Solar US alleviated concerns of new tariffs being placed on its modules by announcing a 6.5 GW silicon solar wafer facility coming online in Vietnam by mid-2023 to supply the utility, commercial & industrial, and residential solar markets in the United States. The Department of Commerce’s anti-dumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) duties determination made in……

  • Qcells’ multi-billion-dollar U.S. solar module manufacturing plan is officially in motion

    Qcells is officially putting its big investment in a U.S.-based solar PV module supply chain in motion, breaking ground on a massive new complex in its Georgia hub. All in, this is a $2.5 billion investment in the only fully-integrated, silicon-based solar supply chain from raw material to finished PV panels in the United States….…