Electric power holding company Duke Energy has received approval to develop a 17MW solar power plant at Naval Support Activity Crane — also known as the Crane naval station — located around 40 miles southwest of Bloomington, Indiana.
Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power has acquired a controlling interest in the 102MW Henrietta Solar Project in Kings County, California, from SunPower. SunPower will own the remaining interest in the site.
Leading CdTe thin-film manufacturer First Solar is discontinuing development and production of its hybrid heterojunction silicon cell and module technology, acquired via the acquisition of start-up TetraSun.
A guide to help US consumers make decisions on community solar has been released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the trade organisation Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA).
DuPont, an industry leader in high-performance materials for photovoltaic panels, shares Bill of Materials (BoM) specification recommendations based on extensive field observations and laboratory testing.
Polysilicon producer REC Silicon has said that granular polysilicon production, produced by its FBR (Fluidised Bed Reactor) technology would be impacted by a fire at the restart-up phase of its Silane IV gas production facility on July 1, 2016.
