Kaua’i to get its biggest solar and storage system to date
The island which has been called a ‘postcard from the future’ for its high levels of solar and energy storage is getting ready for 28 MW more solar and 20 MW of batteries.
Amid devastation, Tesla begins restoring power in Puerto Rico
Current estimates suggest 80% of Puerto Rico is still without power, but thanks to Elon Musk’s efforts at least one children’s hospital has been able to turn the lights on.
Technology with electron multiplication potential comes out of Lab at University of California
A new photodetector, a device that senses light, has been developed by Physicists at the University of California. The device functions by combining two distinct inorganic materials and producing quantum mechanical processes that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected.
Etrion buys $7.4 million of corporate bonds
Etrion has revealed that it has purchased €6.3 million ($7.4 million) of its outstanding corporate bonds.
Hemlock Semiconductor to lay off 100 workers
The U.S.-based polysilicon maker has been in trouble since the imposition of Chinese trade duties on imported polysilicon in 2013.
U.S. thin film PV maker Stion to discontinue operations
The Mississippi-based CIGS manufacturer cites “intense” competition from imports.
U.S. PV system prices have already increased due to Section 201 (w/ charts)
The latest report by GTM Research puts numbers on the increase in H2 2017 system prices and analyzes the potential damage from a range of scenarios.
SunPower: Any trade action should apply to everyone but us
The high-efficiency solar maker asks for Section 201 action to include First Solar’s thin film products, but to exclude its back contact crystalline silicon solar as a unique product.
sonnenCommunity expands into the United States
A 2,900 home planned development in Arizona will feature electricity trading between a network of PV and battery systems, as a grid-tied microgrid that will also absorb excess power at strategic times for the local grid.
First Solar weighs in on the Section 201 trade case
The world’s largest thin-film solar maker has sided with the petitioners, testifying to the difficulties that U.S. solar cell and module makers are experiencing and the challenges of competing with imports supported by foreign governments.
