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Applications & Installations
Hanwha Q Cells opens largest solar factory in the Western Hemisphere The 300,000 sq ft factory in Dalton, Georgia has the capacity to produce 12,000 PV modules per day – 1.7 GW worth annually for panels able to produce the same peak generating capacity as the Hoover Dam.
Christian Roselund
Sep 23, 2019
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Markets & Policy
Open PV Project goes offline The US Department of Energy has shut down the site for its Open PV Project, which supplied cost and installation data. Is this the winding down of a project whose time had come, or is the administration of President Donald Trump closing off another data source on renewable energy?
Christian Roselund
Sep 20, 2019
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Applications & Installations
The US tops 37.9 GW of large scale solar That record figure of utility scale PV was under contract at the end of June with 8.7 GWdc under construction. However, installation levels fell slightly, year-over-year.
Christian Roselund
Sep 17, 2019
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Beyond the PPA Contract lengths are getting shorter and hedges are replacing PPAs in the Texas solar market. Are we headed toward a future of merchant solar?
Christian Roselund
Sep 16, 2019
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Applications & Installations
The weekend read: Inverter issues PVEL’s inaugural inverter scorecard is showing up the need for much more scrutiny on the reliability of inverters. But are developers and EPCs even paying attention?
Christian Roselund
Sep 14, 2019
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Applications & Installations
Trump ratchets up tariffs on Chinese products – including batteries While the damage is largely done for cells, modules and inverters, increased tariffs on U.S. module components and 15% measures on lithium-ion batteries are not good news for either sector.
Christian Roselund
Aug 27, 2019
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Applications & Installations
US: Walmart accuses Tesla of gross negligence in fire lawsuit The picture that Walmart is painting of Tesla/SolarCity installation and O&M practices in its U.S. lawsuit is not a pretty one.
Christian Roselund
Aug 21, 2019
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Inverter issues PVEL’s inaugural inverter scorecard is showing up the need for much more scrutiny on the reliability of inverters. But are developers and EPCs even paying attention?
Christian Roselund
Aug 20, 2019
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In conversation: Californian stage set for smart solar, storage Bernadette Del Chiaro has served as the executive director of California’s peak solar body, CalSSA, for the past six years. During this time the solar market in the state has expanded rapidly, and the stage is now set for the next phase of its development, as net metering recedes.
Christian Roselund
Aug 20, 2019