The 100 MW solar array was developed by Invenergy and will provide electricity to multiple MGM properties in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International activated the 100 MW Mega Solar Array, a project that would supply power to 13 of their Las Vegas strip properties. The resort giant said the array is capable of providing 90% of its…
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Also on the rise: FP&L installs the first components on its 900 MWh BESS project, and Canadian Solar inks a deal with Santander to fund its EMEA pipeline. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Greengate Power Corp. said they have started construction on the $570 million Travers Solar farm, a 465 MW solar PV project in Alberta…
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Rebuilding our domestic solar supply chain won’t happen overnight, and we need long-term solutions. The Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act is an excellent start. The U.S. solar industry is a success story by almost every metric. From record installations on a quarter-over-quarter basis, to employment numbers that now top a quarter-million Americans. Numbers like these have…
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These companies are producing solar energy generating windows, flexible surfaces, and blinds as a creative, distributed way to meet the energy demand of buildings. Buildings account for nearly 40% of global energy use and contribute about 40% of greenhouse gas emissions on our planet. What’s more, global building stock is expected to double in area by 2060. As solar arrays and wind farms continue to…
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The Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act would establish a tax credit for domestic solar manufacturers in an effort to boost the U.S. solar supply chain, create American clean energy jobs, compete with Chinese manufacturers, and support energy independence. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) introduced a bill, dubbed the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act, which looks…
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The first new ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) has been installed on the International Space Station. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (ESA) have completed their spacewalk upgrade of the international space station, installing the new iROSA roll-out solar arrays. The duration of the spacewalk was scheduled to last six and a half hours, and ended up totaling…
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The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy identified two pathways that the Southeast’s big utilities could follow to achieve 100% renewable generation against the backdrop of a possible federal mandate. How a federal clean energy standard might shape the generation landscape of the Southeast U.S. is the topic explored in a new Southern Alliance for Clean…
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Projects not exceeding 5 MW in size will be entitled to participate in the procurement exercise. Selected developers will be granted a 15-year PPA and will have to start commercial operation on January 1, 2023. Colombia‘s Ministry of Mines and Energy has launched, this week, the country’s second auction for large scale renewable energy projects. The…
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International researchers have placed a low-dimensional metal-halide perovskite capping layer on top of a metal-halide perovskite film to provide hermetically sealed encapsulation and enhanced photocarrier properties. The cell has a short-circuit current density of 23.5 mA.cm2, an open-circuit voltage of 1.15 V, and a fill factor of 0.779. An international group of researchers has developed…
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Italy’s Enel will launch an experimental agrivoltaics program at its 34 MW Cohuna Solar Farm in the Australian state of Victoria to help formulate a “best practices” template for utility-scale solar PV sites in other countries. Enel Green Power Australia, a subsidiary of Italian energy giant Enel, will explore how to combine solar PV generation…
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