Solar

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said on Thursday it had finalized a plan to expand solar energy on federal lands in 11 western states, part of a broader push to speed the permitting and construction of big infrastructure projects. The White House wants to accelerate approval of projects ranging from power transmission to …

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(Reuters) – Shares in Swiss solar panel maker Meyer Burger plunged more than 50% on Monday after the company halted plans for a plant in Colorado, further delayed its financial results and said it was drawing up a restructuring plan. Meyer Burger had earlier this month already postponed publication of its 2024 half-year results until Sept. …

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(Reuters) – A California residential solar subsidy will cost ratepayers who do not have rooftop panels about $8.5 billion annually by the end of this year, contributing to higher electricity rates for consumers, according to an analysis published on Thursday by the top U.S. solar state’s ratepayer advocate. WHY IT MATTERS California’s Public Utilities Commission …

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Qcells plans largest US facility for silicon ingots and wafers Company has been pulling out of China due to US solar tariffs The Biden administration is offering Qcells as much as $1.45 billion in conditional financing to construct the biggest US plant producing silicon ingots and wafers, the building blocks of solar panels. The conditional …

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(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill that would block Chinese solar panel makers from claiming subsidies for their American factories. WHY IT MATTERS The American Tax Dollars for American Solar Manufacturing Act was introduced as some of the world’s largest solar panel producers, which are based in China, are …

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(Reuters) – California and Texas are the two largest producers of electricity from renewable power, and dominate most discussions about renewable energy generation in the United States. But several other states have developed far larger shares of renewable capacity within their utility-scale generation systems, and so draw a greater proportion of clean power in state …

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