Tag: News
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Tesla Powerwall customers can now enroll in the ConnectedSolutions virtual power plant
Tesla is now collaborating with EnergyHub, an experienced provider of distributed energy management systems (DERMS), to allow Powerwall owners to enroll in the ConnectedSolutions virtual power plant (VPP) program via Tesla’s app. ConnectedSolutions is the largest bring-your-own-battery demand response program EnergyHub supports. All EnergyHub utility clients are eligible for participation in the ConnectedSolutions program (concentrated……
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Top 10 global inverter brands by 2022 market share
The top 10 global solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter vendors accounted for 86% of market share in 2022, increasing by 4% year-over-year since 2021, according to latest analysis by Wood Mackenzie, a global insight business for renewables, energy and natural resources. The top eight vendors of 2021 held their ranks in 2022, with only Ginlong Solis……
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C&I solar design decisions that have a big impact on PV bankability | The Buzz
The commercial and industrial (C&) solar segment often requires the same lead sentence: So much rooftop space with so much opportunity, but a variety of challenges keep holding it back. On the latest episode of The Buzz, we chatted about the role of solar design in easing those challenges with Paul Grana GM of helioscope……
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First Solar’s fifth U.S. solar manufacturing site planned for Louisiana
First Solar’s expansion news keeps rolling right along. This week, the company selected the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for its previously announced fifth vertically integrated manufacturing facility in the United States. The new Louisiana facility will produce First Solar’s Series 7 modules. First Solar says the ~$1.1 billion facility will be the……
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Maxeon plans solar cell, module manufacturing in New Mexico
Maxeon Solar Technologies selected Albuquerque, N.M., for its first U.S. manufacturing location. This planned 3 GW facility will be pumping out TOPCon silicon cells and Maxeon’s proprietary shingled-cell Performance Line solar modules. Total investment is expected to top $1 billion. The Maxeon plant is expected to be the first large-scale PV cell and panel manufacturing……