Convalt Energy to open 700-MW solar panel assembly facility in New York in 2022

There have been some announcements of crystalline silicon solar panel manufacturing outfits coming to the United States in the last couple years, but so far, nothing new has opened since Q CELLS (Georgia), LG (Alabama) and JinkoSolar (Florida)…

Largest solar park in Latvia’s Zemgale region powered with FuturaSun solar panels

Padua, Italy, July 12, 2021 (Solar Business Hub) — FuturaSun announces the completion of a solar PV project by AJ Power for Danish company M.P. Socks SIA at its manufacturing facility in Latvia, featuring 708 FuturaSun Silk Pro 370 monocrystalline…

More Power Lines or Rooftop Solar Panels: The Fight Over Energy’s Future

The nation is facing once in a generation choices about how energy ought to be delivered to homes, businesses and electric cars — decisions that could shape the course of climate change and determine how the United States copes with wildfires,…

Behind the Clash at OPEC: Growing Competition in the Gulf

The fighting between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia that emerged in recent days over oil production had been brewing for months, if not years.A seven-member federation of states on the Persian Gulf, the Emirates is pursuing ambitious…

Venice and Cruise Ships: A Delicate Balance

There are two main proposals: rerouting vessels toward Marghera, the lagoon’s main commercial port on the mainland, or building a port outside of the lagoon.The problem with Marghera, said a representative of Venice’s Port Authority,…

Climate Change Influenced Western Heat Wave, Analysis Finds

The extraordinary heat wave that scorched the Pacific Northwest last week would almost certainly not have occurred without global warming, an international team of climate researchers said Wednesday.Temperatures were so extreme — including…

Heat Wave Killed Marine Wildlife en Masse

Dead mussels and clams coated rocks in the Pacific Northwest, their shells gaping open as if they’d been boiled. Sea stars were baked to death. Sockeye salmon swam sluggishly in an overheated Washington river, prompting wildlife officials…

Interview with Desert Technologies’ CCO Majid Al-Refae

In an interview with journalist Jamal Abdulkhaliq from Global Arabia Communications Network, Eng. Majid Al-Refae shared his thoughts on the future of solar energy in Saudi Arabia, which was held on the occasion of his appointment in April…

Generac Adds Solar Microinverter Platform Via Chilicon Power Acquisition

The Chilicon CP-250E microinverter Generac Holdings Inc. has acquired Chilicon Power LLC, a designer and provider of grid-interactive…

Hull Street Energy Buys Foundation Solar Partners

Hull Street Energy managing partner Sarah Wright Hull Street Energy has acquired the development pipeline of Foundation Solar Partners,…