L R AS Published on Saturday 29 February 2020 - n° 311 - Categories:the American PV, company results
Sunrun's good commercial activity in the fourth quarter
The n°1 American solar installer, Sunrun, installed 117 MW of solar power in the 4th quarter (
AS Published on Saturday 15 February 2020 - n° 309 - Categories:California-Americas States
Do not specialise only in solar or wind energy
California has 25 GW of solar power in production. Texas has 27 GW of wind power. Specialisation in renewable energy is strong in these two American states.
AS Published on Saturday 15 February 2020 - n° 309 - Categories:the American PV
Solar power plants are much more reliable than wind farms
According to Fitch, solar power plants are much more reliable than wind farms in a sample of 70 plants worldwide,
When projects are submitted to U.S. banks, they are asked for the "P50 forecast". This provides the amount of energy
L R AS Published on Saturday 15 February 2020 - n° 309 - Categories:US policy, trade war
Review of the effects of US Section 201 tariffs
Two years after introducing import tariffs on solar cells and panels, the time has come to examine the effects. The U.S. International Trade Commission says they have been enough to stimulate panel production in the United States:
L R AS Published on Saturday 8 February 2020 - n° 308 - Categories:the American PV
The American 8minute wants to extend its activity to storage
In turn, 8minute wants to install batteries to provide energy at the time of consumption.
One year after the change of CEO, California's 8minute Solar Energy, the 5th largest solar energy company in the world, has become the new CEO.
R AS Published on Monday 3 February 2020 - n° 307 - Categories:the American PV
The number of very large solar projects is increasing in the United States
The number of very large solar projects is increasing on the American market. The number of projects with more than 120 megawatts-ca commissioned in the United States will increase from 11 in 2019 to
L R AS Published on Saturday 1 February 2020 - n° 307 - Categories:the American PV
US sunshine down 10% in the first half of 2019
Six months after the 10% decrease in solar energy production compared to the historical average in many places in the United States in the first half of 2019, the American centre Clean Power Research discovers this phenomenon!
AS Published on Monday 27 January 2020 - n° 306 - Categories:various USA
The acceleration of storage in the United States over the last three years
The first trials or storage tests in the United States are usually completed. They have focused on the integration of renewable energies into the grid, the provision of peak capacity and the instantaneous adjustment of the system frequency. Electricity companies now place orders for storage systems.
R AS Published on Sunday 19 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:the American PV
Official forecasts for PV installations in the USA in 2020
By 2020, the US Department of Energy (DOE) expects 24 GW-ac of solar power (18.5 GW-ac) to be installed, broken down as follows
AS Published on Sunday 19 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:US policy, other batteries
Will the United States be a battery manufacturer? The strategy is different from that of Europe.
The United States wants to become a battery manufacturing country again, by creating a national energy storage supply chain.
In the past, American manufacturers had created the new energy storage technologies. Now they rely heavily on other countries for their storage equipment. Tesla's car and network batteries use cells from Japanese manufacturer Panasonic.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) wants to create by 2030 "a secure, domestically manufactured supply chain that is independent of foreign sources of critical materials".
L R AS Published on Sunday 19 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:the American PV, silicon mono/multi
Will the China/US trade agreement allow for a revival of US silicon?
US silicon manufacturers remain cautious about the announcement that silicon will be included in the trade agreement signed between the US and China this week. They are waiting to see how Chinese tariffs will be lowered (currently at 57%), how competitive their products will be, and how Chinese spending will be distributed across products or commodities.
R AS Published on Sunday 19 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:the American PV
2020, a record year for installations in the United States
The year 2020 will be a record period for the construction of renewable energy facilities in the United States. Solar and wind power will account for 32 percent of the total.
L R AS Published on Sunday 19 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:various USA
Renewable energy transport is the main problem in the United States.
The transport of renewable energy is the main problem emerging in the United States. An increasing number of states and power companies are setting targets for the supply of only renewable energy. They would need transmission lines that do not exist:
AS Published on Monday 6 January 2020 - n° 303 - Categories:US policy
US demand was strong in 2019. Will it decrease in 2020?
Demand for solar energy in the United States remained strong at the end of 2019. It was decided to take advantage of the 30% investment tax credit (ITC), which has been reduced to 26% since 1 January 2020. Without a change in legislation, tax opportunity purchases will continue.
AS Published on Sunday 5 January 2020 - n° 303 - Categories:US policy, R&D
U.S. research goal: achieve a storage cost of $0.05/kWh
As part of the US Department of Energy's Advanced Research Project (ARPA-E), ten US teams are competing to reduce the cost of storage to less than $0.05 per kWh.
Three of them are developing a flow-through sulphur battery. It is the cheapest system