With Trump’s re-election, Germanwatch expresses deep concern over the future of international climate action as fossil fuel interests take centre stage in the US government.
The project developer is currently building three solar parks in Colorado. All three plants will be used to supply energy to members of the Tri-State electricity cooperative.
The Carter Work Project of the NGO Habitat for Humanity in St. Paul/Minnesota is living the tradition of community action in the USA. Several thousand volunteers spent a week helping with the first construction phase of a socio-ecological residential quarter.
With solar leading their rapid deployment, renewables are on course to meet almost half of global electricity demand by the end of this decade, a new report of the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.
In Part 2 of our series on the occasion of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 77th birthday, we move on to his career outside of Hollywood: Based on his success as an actor, Arnie went on to become Governor of California. Here is how he used this position to advance solar power:
The United States continues to face challenges meeting the increased demand for critical minerals almost two years after the historic Inflation Reduction Act, a S&P Global study finds.
A fast-charging station with integrated buffer storage: this is the solution that property managers Firstservice Residential have chosen for their 470 flats in North Miami Beach. The previous charging infrastructure was not sufficient.
The 1-billion-dollar Oak Run Solar Project, approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board last week, will sit on over 6,000 acres in Madison County, west of Columbus, Ohio in the United States.
The solar industry is still waiting for Solar Package I. Several manufacturers have repeatedly called for resilience bonuses, i.e. additional remuneration for domestic components in the construction of solar power plants. Module manufacturer Meyer Burger is now drawing the consequences and announcing the closure of its Freiberg plant at the end of April.
The three new large storage facilities are linked to solar parks. They shift the solar power produced to times when there is no sun.
Juwi has brought the largest PV project in its company history online: a 223.6 MW solar park for the energy company Deriva (formerly Duke Energy) in Colorado/USA.
Nextracker has announced it has surpassed 600 projects delivered in its distributed generation (DG) portfolio. The DG projects are deployed worldwide in commercial and industrial applications, including data centres, farming, retail, education and manufacturing.
With a production capacity of 3.5 gigawatts, the planned factory in the US will only reach a tenth of the capacity in Germany. It is a step to better serve the local market in North America - and to utilise the support of the US government.
Plastic and fossil fuels are harmful to the environment. To ensure that at least their production is climate-neutral, Total Energies has built a large solar park with a storage unit in Texas.
Cmblu Energy is supplying a long-term storage system to a large solar park near Phoenix. In this project, the German battery storage manufacturer is cooperating with the US utility Salt River Project from Arizona.
Electromobility is booming worldwide. In China, most cars with electric drives crossed the counter. In Germany, almost every third buyer opted for an electric car.
The global solar industry is ready for a revolution, with all signs pointing to growth. For the current year a newly installated capacity of 341 GW is expected.
Meyer Burger Technology AG announced recently that the company will open a high-performance solar cell manufacturing facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The German PV equipment manufacturing industry is reporting significantly more orders from Asia and the USA and strongly declining European demand.
In 2022, the photovoltaics (PV) equipment sector recorded a decline in incoming orders of around 3 percent compared to the previous year. Turnover fell by 7 percent. However, the latest ratio of orders to sales stands at 1.5, which indicates a recovery.
Weidmüller, the German provider of smart industrial connectivity and digitalisation, recently announced the expansion of its US site in Richmond, Virginia.
The development of a transport infrastructure for captured CO2 is the focus of the pipeline industry. But in some cases it is breaking new ground and there are still a number of challenges and unanswered questions, as an international conference in Berlin showed.
The OMCO Connect Solar Partnerships Campaign continues as the company celebrates the opening of a new torque tube production line, solar power plant and expanded manufacturing.
RWE is making swift progress on implementing its Growing Green strategy. The company expanded its green portfolio by 4.9 gigawatts (GW) with investments of €8.0 billion in the first quarter of 2023 alone.
Meyer Burger will supply Ingka Investments, the investment company of Ikea's largest retail group, with glass-glass solar modules over four years starting in 2025. The contract has already been signed.
