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The U.S. solar industry employed nearly 250,000 workers in 2019, an increase of more than 5,600 jobs (or 2.3%) since 2018, according to the 10th annual National Solar Jobs Census released today by The Solar Foundation. This marks a resurgence in solar industry employment following two years of job losses in 2017 and 2018. In […]
The first is a 13.6 MWp project in the Ibaraki Prefecture. The project will be powered by 33,098 pieces of Canadian Solar’s high-efficiency MaxPower modules. Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company”, or “Canadian Solar”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced it has commenced construction on two solar photovoltaic (PV) power […]
The HAB can sustain continuous charging at up to 120A, and continuous discharging up to 150A, with a peak discharge of 500A for up to 3 seconds. The HAB 7.5 can charge at temperatures between 32°F – 113°F, and discharge at an even greater range, from -4°F – 140°F. Boxborough, Massachusetts (February 19, 2020) – […]
ENACT Systems, the leading global software platform to deploy and manage solar projects announced an acquisition of Adara Power to expand capabilities for energy storage and smart energy management. ENACT’s digital platform for solar projects is actively used by thousands of users in North America, the Middle East and South Asia, in nine country markets, […]
ARISTOTELES is a cloud-based IoT platform from Kaiserwetter Energy Management that relies on smart data analytics, predictive analytics and machine learning to maximize returns and minimize investment risks for investors. In utility-scale solar, this means ARISTOTELES turns complex and unstructured technical, financial and meteorological data into actionable, real-time intelligence. For O&M month here on the […]
Lithium metal batteries could soon be ready for commercialization thanks to the development of a new ultrasound device. The technology, developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego, improves the charge and run times of the batteries. Lithium metal batteries, LMBs, boast twice the capacity of today’s best lithium ion batteries, but their […]
Last February, GreenBiz 19 hosted a panel on corporate activism. It was great. The panelists (Davida Heller of Citicorp; Bruno Sarda, then of NRG Energy; Alyssa Caddle of Bemis Associates; and Bill Weihl, previously of Facebook) were extraordinarily candid, informative and energized. They described how they decided whether to act, and the expected and actual […]
In 1969, in the middle of the spiraling U.S.-Soviet arms race, international relations expert McGeorge Bundy wrote a prescient article in Foreign Affairs about how to “cap the volcano” of armaments. Success in arms control, he explained, required a laser-like focus on the strategic incentives for both sides to change behavior and stick with their […]
Welcome to the climate crisis, where once-extreme weather events have gone mainstream. Australia’s raging bushfires are a stark reminder of our “new normal,” with images befitting an apocalyptic Roland Emmerich flick. In Australia, the fires burned more than 27 million acres — an area about the size of Maine — and killed at least 30 […]
“We are excited to have started reaping the benefits of solar energy and expect to significantly reduce our monthly electricity bills. With this well-engineered and premium quality solar system installed by MYSUN, we are sure to save more than Rs 7 crores over the next 25 years just on our electricity costs. And it makes […]
