Solar
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In light of the data center boom, the developer added three gigawatts of renewables to its project backlog last quarter.
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After Covid upended solar supply chains, Nextracker CEO Dan Shugar was determined to bring production back to America.
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Even more solar is coming down the pipe — and storage is also slated to boom.
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There have been two key wrong turns.
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The level of excitement for the program’s potential is high, but making sure the money is used efficiently comes with challenges.
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Backed by solar’s largest trade group, startup Recheck is betting that a registry can rein in bad behavior in rooftop solar sales.
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Helmed by industry veteran Dean Solon and Recom Technologies CEO Hamlet Tunyan, the project aims to reshore solar manufacturing.
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The startup's $27 million Series A is aimed at finetuning their tandem panels and building out a domestic perovskite supply chain.
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We tease out the geopolitical, environmental, and economic case for replacing aluminum PV frames with recycled US steel.
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CelLink initially pitched DOE on wiring for solar panels. Today, federal funding is helping the start-up build an EV component — and manufacture it in the U.S.
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The rework of the credits is the IRA's "single most consequential and beneficial change," said EDP Renewables' Inurreta Acero.
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The Energy Department’s LPO director lays out a blueprint for how VPPs can help the grid handle massive load growth.
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Jigar Shah, director of the DOE’s Loans Programs Office, said VPPs and batteries could boost the struggling rooftop solar market.
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Aging infrastructure can make a comeback by upgrading existing systems.
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Both tax credits from the IRA and local-level incentives spurred the solar tracker company’s plans.