Tag: News
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U.S.-based agrivoltaics research gets attention and funding from DOE
Agrivoltaics or “dual-use” solar — solar arrays co-located on farms to also aid in crop production — is a promising area of development for both the solar and ag industries. Research from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute has been promising, as we reported previously: … dual-use PV design offers protection against hail, frost and drought damage, eliminating……
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DOE lends $2.5 billion to GM, LG joint venture to build three lithium-ion battery plants
The foundation of the next wave of domestic battery manufacturing is starting to take shape. American Battery Factory and FREYR Battery both recently announced gigafactories for cell production. This week, Ultium Cells, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, announced its plans, aided by a big federal loan. The U.S. Department of……
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MGE purchasing output from Darien Solar Energy Center in Wisconsin
Madison Gas and Electric (MGE), in partnership with We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group, received approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to purchase solar energy and battery storage from the Darien Solar Energy Center. MGE will own 25 MW of solar energy and 7.5 MW of battery……
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Scale Microgrids designs solar + storage microgrid so cold storage facility can run off-grid
Origo Investments is partnering with the old storage pros at Amond World, to develop a state-of-the-art refrigerated cold storage facility in the Madera Airport Industrial Park in California, which will include two 250,000 sq ft buildings, each holding approximately 50 million pounds of almonds or other recently harvested crops for farmers and processors. “Central California……
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Growatt beefs up residential off-grid PV inverter series
Growatt launched its latest SPF 6000 ES Plus inverter for residential off-grid PV storage applications. The SPF 6000 ES Plus is an upgrade over previous off-grid solutions SPF 3000-5000 ES, to target markets where there are frequent power outages or limited access to the grid. Some specs: With a maximum PV input power of 8000W……