Tag: PV modules
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Enel selects Oklahoma for solar PV cell and module production
Enel North America, through its affiliate 3Sun USA, selected Inola, Okla., as the location for its U.S.-based solar PV manufacturing — a site that crucially will include cells and panels. This is an initial investment in excess of $1 billion and is anticipated to create around 1,000 new direct permanent jobs by 2025. Construction is……
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First Solar expands perovskite R&D, acquires Sweden’s Evolar
First Solar strengthened its position in thin film photovoltaics by acquiring Evolar AB, a European leader in perovskite technology. The purchase price is approximately $38 million paid at closing and up to an additional $42 million to be paid subject to certain technical milestones being achieved in the future. The acquisition will accelerate First Solar’s……
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Anza spun off from Borrego, nets new investors to expand solar + storage procurement platform
Anza, an innovative solar and storage procurement marketplace launched within Borrego Solar, that we profiled in the 2023 Q1 issue of Solar Builder, has completed its separation from Borrego, a leading O&M provider. An Energy Capital Partners led consortium of investors that included ECP’s–Energy Transition Opportunities Fund, Angeleno Group, and other investors provided funding to……
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Anza spun off from Borrego, nets new investors to expand solar + storage procurement platform
Anza, an innovative solar and storage procurement marketplace launched within Borrego Solar, that we profiled in the 2023 Q1 issue of Solar Builder, has completed its separation from Borrego, a leading O&M provider. An Energy Capital Partners led consortium of investors that included ECP’s–Energy Transition Opportunities Fund, Angeleno Group, and other investors provided funding to……
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U.S. solar modules and the domestic content challenge
On May 12, the United States Treasury Department issued its long-awaited domestic content guidance for solar projects to qualify for associated Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits. In order for the whole cost of a module to be considered domestic content, not only must the module assembly be undertaken in the U.S., but the cells,……