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BrightNight, Cordelio Power power 300MW solar PV plant in Arizona

BrightNight, Cordelio Power power 300MW solar PV plant in Arizona

Latest This is the first project to reach commercial operations in the Arizona joint venture. Image: BrightNight US independent power producer (IPP) BrightNight has reached commercial operations at a 300MW solar PV plant in Arizona, US. Located in Pinal County, Box Canyon Solar Project is a joint venture project with Canadian asset manager Cordelio Power.

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LONGi to build 1.4GW BC solar module factory with Indonesia’s Pertamina

LONGi to build 1.4GW BC solar module factory with Indonesia’s Pertamina

Latest The site will produce modules using LONGi’s hybrid passivated back contact 2.0 n-type technology. Image: LONGi. Chinese solar manufacturing giant LONGi has signed an agreement with Indonesia’s Pertamina New & Renewable Energy to build a module assembly plant in West Java, Indonesia. Pertamina New & Renewable Energy announced the plan in a LinkedIn post

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Waaree, Viet Khanh sign MoU for 100MWp solar project in Vietnam

Waaree, Viet Khanh sign MoU for 100MWp solar project in Vietnam

Latest With an investment of INR10,184 million (US$1.22 billion), the project involves EPC work on a turnkey basis. Image: Waaree Renewable Technologies via LinkedIn. Waaree Renewable Technologies – a subsidiary of Indian solar manufacturer Waaree Energies – has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vietnamese investment joint stock company Viet Khanh to establish a

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What will the rise of floating solar panels mean for wildlife?

What will the rise of floating solar panels mean for wildlife?

The newest, hottest power couple doesn’t live in Hollywood. It’s actually the marriage of solar panels and water reservoirs: Known as floating photovoltaics, or floatovoltaics, the devices bob on simple floats, generating power while providing shade that reduces evaporation.  One primary advantage of the technology is that you don’t have to clear trees to make

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May 2024 solar storm cost $500 million in damages to farmers, new study reveals

May 2024 solar storm cost $500 million in damages to farmers, new study reveals

Northern lights seen over a farmhouse in Iceland. (Image credit: redtea/Getty Images) Location signals beamed to Earth by GPS satellites were off by hundreds of feet during the Gannon Solar Storm in May last year, and the disruption lasted for up to two days in some U.S. regions, a new study has revealed. The outage

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Requiem for a Solar Plant

Requiem for a Solar Plant The email landed like a brick through a plate glass window. “…requiring reconductoring of 1.71 miles at a cost of $795,150…limiting output to 3MW…” I stared at my laptop screen, the blue light illuminating the shadows under my eyes in my darkened California living room. Outside, endless February rain tapped

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