Panasonic has expanded its 25-year warranty on solar panels to include labor on all components of the residential solar system, including the monitoring and interconnection hardware and racking system. This builds on the company’s recent warranty expansion to cover labor on Enphase microinverters included in Panasonic AC modules. The previous arrangement only covered … [Read more...] about Panasonic Expands PV Module Warranties
COVID-19 Continues to Devastate Clean Energy Jobs
More than 620,000 U.S. clean clean energy workers have lost their jobs since March after 27,000 new workers filed unemployment claims in May, according to the latest analysis of unemployment data by BW Research for E2, E4TheFuture and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). The analysis of Department of Labor data found that 620,590 workers in clean energy … [Read more...] about COVID-19 Continues to Devastate Clean Energy Jobs
Solar Steel Agrees to Supply Japanese PV Projects
Solar Steel, a division of Gonvarri Industries, has agreed to supply three new Japanese projects with its RackSmarT fixed-solar-structure, extending the company’s capacity in Japan by 95 MW. The projects’ capacities are 65 MW, 15 MW and 14 MW, respectively located in the Gunma, Fukushima and Tottori prefectures of Japan. Including these projects, Solar Steel will … [Read more...] about Solar Steel Agrees to Supply Japanese PV Projects
CIP Reaches First Close on CI IV Renewable Investment
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a Danish fund management company that specializes in investing in the energy infrastructure sector, has reached a €1.5 billion first close on Copenhagen Infrastructure IV (CI IV), which is set to become the largest global fund within renewable energy infrastructure investments with a target fund size of €5.5 billion. The … [Read more...] about CIP Reaches First Close on CI IV Renewable Investment
DER Market Positioned for Decade High Growth
The rate of annual investment in distributed energy resources (DER) will increase by 75% by 2030, with the market set for a decade of high growth. Favorable regulations, declining project and technology costs, and high electricity and demand charges are key factors driving investments in DER across the globe, according to Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Growth … [Read more...] about DER Market Positioned for Decade High Growth