Next2Sun and the American solar company Isun are building the Agri-PV plant on an area in Vermont. Construction is due to start in 2024. Vegetables will be grown between the rows of modules.
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.
North American solar manufacturer First Solar and Vitro, a glass manufacturer, recently announced the expansion of their cooperation agreement. This will provide the glass for the front sheets for First Solar’s thin-film PV modules.
Far up in the north of Canada, the mining company Rio Tinto is building a solar park. It will partially supply a diamond mine there with electricity.
The Schletter Group will once again be exhibiting at RE+ in Las Vegas from 12th to 14th September. There the company will showcase its latest innovations for ground- and roof-mounted PV installations.
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.
SMA is strongly expanding its American business. More than 20 gigawatts of output have already been installed overseas with large solar parks and battery power plants. Around 1,400 solar projects in 40 US states and four Canadian provinces have been installed so far.
Automotive supplier Webasto continues to invest in electric mobility and is expanding its footprint in North America. To that end, the company is opening a new plant for charging solutions in Guanajuato, Mexico.
SunPower and Maxeon Solar Technologies have announced the extension of their supply relationship through 2025, thereby ensuring greater supply to North America.
The Schletter Group is presenting its latest products and solutions at RE+ 2022 in Anaheim, California. One of the highlights: the new 1P tracking system, which is being exhibited for the first time in North America.
Trina Solar will be delivering its 210mm high-power Vertex modules to North America from its brand-new factory in Vietnam.
SMA Solar Technology AG achieved a considerably better operating result from January to March 2021 than in the first three months of the previous year.
Sungrow announced that it has forged a contract to supply its fully integrated energy storage system to the 100 MWac Chisholm Grid project in Fort Worth, Texas.
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) today announced that it will make an investment in esVolta, a developer and owner of utility-scale energy storage projects across North America.
