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Yotta Energy’s new panel-level battery acts as ballast block on commercial rooftop installs

[ad_1] Yotta Energy will unveil its new Yotta Block product at Intersolar North America next week. The next-generation of its SolarLEAF panel-level battery is engineered to replace a standard ballast block behind solar modules, eliminating the need for dedicated battery space. “Yotta Block is a game-changer for commercial solar storage,” said Jordan Harris, CEO of […]

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US players in quantum dot technology, perovskites join to advance solar designs

[ad_1] UbiQD, a player in quantum dot technology and manufacturing from New Mexico, announced it will acquire perovskites startup BlueDot Photonics. The deal enables UbiQD to secure exclusive rights to BlueDot’s intellectual property, which was originally developed at the University of Washington. UbiQD will use BlueDot’s doped perovskite materials to enhance silicon solar panel efficiency

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GAF Energy launches more powerful Timberline Solar shingle

[ad_1] Timberline Solar ES 2 Three years after first unveiling a nailable solar shingle to the market, GAF Energy today launches its second evolution of the Timberline Solar product. Timberline Solar ES 2 delivers 23% more power than its predecessor — 57 W per shingle. “Timberline Solar ES 2 represents everything we’ve learned about solar roofing,

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FREYR rebrands as T1 Energy

[ad_1] FREYR Battery announced it will rebrand as T1 Energy. The former Norwegian company focused on lithium battery development is now an American solar panel manufacturer with battery aspirations. “The rebirth of our company as T1 Energy is about American energy, jobs, and advanced manufacturing. The U.S. needs domestic supply chains and manufacturing capacity to

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Commerce updates its preliminary tariff amounts in solar AD/CVD investigation

[ad_1] Although final determinations in the antidumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) investigation related to silicon solar cells and panels from Southeast Asia are not expected until later this spring, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce has tinkered with its suggested tariff amounts that were first unveiled in its preliminary decisions last year. Commerce was required by law to

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Sunnova cuts 15% of workforce to ‘focus on capital efficiency’

[ad_1] Solar services company Sunnova Energy announced it would cut 300 jobs to reduce costs and streamline its operations. Credit: Sunnova The 300 layoffs are mostly in its commercial organization and represent 15% of the company’s total workforce. Sunnova will have $35 million in annual cash savings due to the job cuts. Sunnova said it

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These are the countries the US imported solar panels from in 2024

[ad_1] The solar panel manufacturing industry is growing in the United States, but demand is still outpacing the current domestic supply. If every U.S. plant is running at its full capacity, the country should be producing nearly 50 GW of solar panels each year. With an expected 2024 installation rate of 40 GW, realistically, the

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VDE unveils Hail Risk Atlas to help solar developers forecast economic risk related to hail loss

[ad_1] Catastrophic risk advisor VDE Americas today launched its VDE Hail Risk Atlas. Designed to forecast the economic risk of solar assets due to hail loss, VDE’s suite of Hail Risk Intelligence products and services for solar developers, insurers and investors paves the way for more defensible, financeable and insurable projects. The VDE Hail Risk

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Tigo Energy enhances Predict+ platform for utility analytics

[ad_1] Tigo Energy has announced enhancements to the Predict+ platform that gives utilities insight into grid demand, renewable generation, and energy market dynamics. Designed to enhance the accuracy, scalability and robustness of energy forecasting with up to 97.5% accuracy through machine learning and artificial intelligence, the platform leverages smart meter consumption data to predict precise

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17 solar, storage projects to be sited on former coal mines in the Appalachians

[ad_1] The Nature Conservancy and the Cumberland Forest Limited Partnership have announced new agreements with Sun Tribe Development and ENGIE to develop 14 solar energy and three battery storage projects on 360 acres of former coal mines in the Appalachians. This is the second round of clean energy project announcements from TNC’s Cumberland Forest Project

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