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High school students designed and built solar-powered cars for 1,400 mile race to California
High school students have spent months building a solar power vehicle from the ground up to compete in the annual Solar Car Challenge.
Heterojunction solar cell factory to be built in Sacramento
Solar4America, a wholly owned subsidiary of SPI Energy, plans to begin manufacturing N-type heterojunction (HJT) solar cells in the US.
Batteries, not blackouts: California’s power grid gets boost from battery energy
California now has the capacity to store 5,600 megawatts of power using batteries. That’s enough to supply more than 4 million homes.
Zero waste groups kickstart solar panel recycling in California
Zero Waste Sonoma in California is working to help residents in the North Bay area recycle their used solar panels.
California research center installs solar carport
MYNT Systems installed 623 kW of solar at their research center, which is expected to offset 78% of its energy use and provide a 10% electricity discount to its four tenants.
California grid sees tenfold spike in battery storage in 3 years
The California state now has enough large-scale batteries to supply 5,600 megawatts of electricity, up from 500 megawatts in 2020.
Community solar initiative ‘resonating’ with agricultural communities by optimising farmland usage
An initiative to help optimize the use of farmland by integrating community solar projects is helping to steer local stakeholders towards supporting renewables.
Transferability and direct pay are ‘game changers’ for US clean energy development
New transferability and direct pay provisions for clean energy tax credits are a “game changer for renewable energy development” in the US.
Double-sided ‘bifacial’ solar panels could revolutionize our power grid
Solar manufacturers have revealed that bifacial solar panels have the capacity to produce an additional 11-23% of energy vs. single sided panels.