Category: Green Building LEED News

  • 240 solar companies call for rejection of anti-circumvention petition

    With the Inflation Reduction Act celebrations over, the solar industry is back to focusing on the anti-circumvention trade case. The deadline is approaching for a decision from the Department of Commerce, and more than 240 solar and storage companies are imploring Secretary Gina Raimondo to reject the petition for new anti-circumvention tariffs on solar products….…

  • SolaREIT closes solar lease deal with Massachusetts’ largest cranberry grower

    SolaREIT, a solar real estate investment fund, has closed a lease purchase for more than 125 acres of land with 31.46 MW of solar. The deal, with A.D. Makepeace Company, North America’s largest cranberry grower and the largest private property owner in eastern Massachusetts, is SolaREIT’s largest yet in Massachusetts. “Solar aligns with our company’s……

  • U.S.-based solar cell manufacturing in the works via Enel North America

    The U.S. solar PV manufacturing announcements keep rolling in — and this time solar cells are involved. Enel North America, through its affiliate 3Sun USA, LLC, says it intends to build an industrial-scale PV module production facility in the United States. The proposed facility is expected to have a minimum production capacity of 3 GW……

  • First Solar plans fourth U.S. solar module manufacturing location

    First Solar selected Lawrence County, North Alabama, as the location for its fourth U.S. photovoltaic (PV) solar module manufacturing facility. The new factory is part of a previously announced investment in scaling First Solar’s American manufacturing footprint to over 10 gigawatts GWdc by 2025, and is expected to create over 700 new direct jobs in……

  • First Solar plans fourth U.S. solar module manufacturing location

    First Solar selected Lawrence County, North Alabama, as the location for its fourth U.S. photovoltaic (PV) solar module manufacturing facility. The new factory is part of a previously announced investment in scaling First Solar’s American manufacturing footprint to over 10 gigawatts GWdc by 2025, and is expected to create over 700 new direct jobs in……