August 2022

EDF Renewables Launches Full Operations for Palen Solar Farm

EDF Renewables North America’s (EDFR) Palen Solar site is fully operational and delivering decarbonized energy to the grid. The site includes four projects totaling 620MW DC of solar PV (PV) and 200 MWh battery energy storage. The projects use horizontal single-axis tracking technology and are located adjacently on unincorporated land in Riverside County. This land […]

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Percepto Autonomous Drones Monitor 250-Acre Floating Solar Farm

Percepto is an autonomous inspection company using industrial robotics. They have completed a proof of concepts (POC), with the Electric Generating Authority of Thailand, (EGAT), for the monitoring of a 250-acre floating sun farm, one of largest of its kind worldwide. The solar farm, which is approximately the size of 70 soccer pitches and is

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Lium Debuts Satellite Tracking Tool for Utility-Scale Solar Projects

Daniel Cruise Lium LLC is an energy market research company for institutional users. They have launched solarSAT, a new data product that tracks utility-scale solar projects. The new intelligence product monitors in real-time every large-scale U.S. project’s development through satellite imagery. This product is available to investors and corporate management teams. It allows them to

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Meyer Burger Strengthens Solar Cell Manufacturing Supplies with Silicon Wafer Deal

Meyer Burger has entered into a binding supply agreement with Norwegian Crystals for silicon wafers. The wafers are made from polysilicon of European and American origin. Due to Meyer Burger’s proprietary heterojunction/SmartWire technology used in solar cell and solar module production, the wafers can be thinner than those used in mainstream products. Due to the

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EIA Predicts Renewables Will Comprise 22 Percent of Electricity Generation in 2022

In 2020 and 2021, 20% of U.S. electricity production was from renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydropower and wind. U.S. Energy Information Administration expects that this share will increase to 22% by 2022 and 24% by 2023 as more wind and solar generating capacity comes online and other sources like coal and nuclear are

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