Tag: domestic
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Solar and tariffs for all: Recapping the Biden administration’s busy Earth Month
Earth Month has been full of solarized news from the White House. First and foremost, President Joe Biden announced $7 billion in federal grants for the Solar For All program. In addition, the Biden administration announced a host of clean energy manufacturing investments, while Reuters has reported that the White House is expected to reverse……
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Steeling share: OMCO Solar’s factory-direct strategy built for solar’s domestic content era
The dawn of the domestic content era has begun in the United States solar industry, and arguably no tracker manufacturer is better positioned to support it than OMCO Solar. OMCO is a U.S. steel fabrication company. They have been roll forming steel parts for multiple industrial and transportation markets for over 75 years, and in……
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‘Greener’ solar wafer production coming to the United States
NexWafe is a solar tech company we’ve had our eye on. The German company promotes the “greener” production of solar PV wafers via its EpiNex manufacturing solution that simplifies polysilicon production and reduces energy use. “This results in drastically lowered production costs for n-type monocrystalline wafers used for the majority of high-performing solar modules,” we’ve……
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Canadian Solar bringing solar PV cell production to Indiana
One by one the top global players in solar PV are setting up more robust manufacturing supply chains in the United States. This week it is Canadian Solar’s turn. Canadian Solar already announced a 5 GW module assembly plant in Mesquite, Texas. That facility will eventually source its solar cells from a just-announced 5 GW……
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Fronius USA plans solar inverter manufacturing at Indiana HQ
Founded in Austria in 1945, Fronius remains a family-owned and operated business, but is a global player in welding, battery charging and, of course, solar energy. Fronius has been active in the United States solar market since 2002 — a facility we have visited many times over the years — but they’ve been a little……