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Canyonville Solar Project to Aid Oregonians and Agriculture - Solar Industry
SolRiver Capital, a renewable energy investment firm, has unveiled plans for the Canyonville Solar Project, which will combine sustainable energy generation with agricultural practices. Located in Myrtle Creek, the project will be the first Oregon…

Energy Tax Credits, Meant to Help U.S. Suppliers, May Be Hard to Get
In April, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Qcells, a solar panel manufacturing facility in Dalton, Ga., to announce an early triumph of the Inflation Reduction Act: Summit Ridge Energy, one of the nation's largest developers of utility-scale…

Watch Live as Astronauts Install Solar Arrays Outside the ISS
The International Space Station (ISS) is about to get outfitted with new solar arrays to increase its power, and two astronauts are ready to put in that orbital handy work. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their…

NASA astronauts deploy 5th roll-out solar array on spacewalk outside space station (video)
Two NASA astronauts successfully installed and deployed a new solar array outside the International Space Station (ISS) during the latest in a series of spacewalks focused on upgrading the orbiting laboratory's power supply. Stephen Bowen and…

Chinese PV Industry Brief: Solar module production hit 74.1 GW in Q1
The China Photovoltaic Industry Association reveals significant growth in Chinese solar module production, reaching 74.1 GW in Q1 of this year, a 92.5% increase compared to the previous year. The CPIA also notes increased output in polysilicon…
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Foley to be home to first large-scale solar farm in Baldwin County
FOLEY, Ala. (WALA) - A Chicago-based energy company is investing nearly $100 million dollars in a new solar farm in Baldwin County. Hecate Energy has purchased a 620-acre turf farm in Foley to build on. Alabama Power will purchase the energy and…

US solar market expected to triple in size by 2028
The US solar industry installed 6.1 GW of capacity in the first quarter of 2023, according to the US Solar Market Insight Q2 2023 report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. Several factors contributed to the…

TerrePower opens solar remanufacturing facility to refurbish and reuse solar and batteries
TerrePower's remanufacturing facility is up and running in a 20,000 square foot facility in Sparta, Tenn., where the company says it will refurbish solar modules and EV batteries for re-use. “The holy grail of responsible resource management…

Unsubsidized solar installations rise by 68% in India in Q1
India installed 518 MW of new open-access solar capacity in the first three months of 2023, over 68% up from 308 MW installed in the fourth 2022, according to Mercom India. Installations fell 37% year on year. Karnataka led with over 55% of…

China solar module prices dive
The Chinese Module Marker (CMM), OPIS' benchmark assessment for modules from China, declined for a second week running to $0.198 per W as dramatic downslides in the country's upstream segments pushed module prices to their lowest level in almost…

RWE secures PPAs for solar plants in Greece
Germany's RWE and Greek state-owned utility PPC are currently building five solar farms totaling 210 MW at a former lignite mine in Greece's Macedonia region. The plants will be operational by the end of the first quarter of 2024. Meton Energy…

Solar trees offer unique solution to charging electric cars
Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy notice A UK startup is close to full-scale commercial production of solar trees…
The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity was up this week, with the average daily sunspot number increasing from 133.7 to 139, and average daily solar flux Average daily planetary A index stayed the same at 7.3, and average middle latitude A index went from 7.9 to 8.6.

Sunrise brief: U.S. solar market expected to triple in size in five years
U.S. solar market expected to triple in size in five years The solar industry had its best first quarter in history as supply chain challenges fade, according to U.S. Solar Market Insight Q2 2023 report. 2D solar cell design based on transition…

Floating solar may reach LCOE of $0.0341/kWh in Bangladesh
Researchers at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology have conducted a techno-economic analysis to assess their country's potential for floating solar development based on a selection of water bodies. “The approach for FPV…
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