Contract manufacturer American Steel and Aluminum (ASA) has opened a new 50,000 sq-ft facility in Syracuse, New York, to meet growing demand from markets including renewable energy. This is ASA’s second facility in Syracuse. The company hopes to shorten product lead times and introduce new processing capabilities in this new plant. “This expansion is a… The post Solar foundations manufacturer American Steel and Aluminum expands operations appeared first on Solar Power World.

Risk analytics company Renew Risk today launched its U.S. severe convective storm model. The model provides insurers, reinsurers and brokers the ability to understand and price solar risk. With more projects in the United States being larger, more complex and increasingly located in catastrophe-prone regions, insurers have a unique challenge in assessing risk. Renew Risk’s… The post Renew Risk launches severe storm model for US market appeared first on Solar Power World.

Snake Tray is celebrating its 30th year, marking three decades of American manufacturing and innovation in cable management, power distribution and enclosure solutions. Founded on a simple idea to improve installation efficiency in the datacom industry, Snake Tray introduced a flexible cable tray system designed to reduce time, labor and material costs. The original tray… The post Snake Tray celebrates 30th anniversary appeared first on Solar Power World.

The Sun Pond solar and storage project in Maricopa County, Arizona, is now online. The 111-MW solar and 340-MWh storage project was developed by Longroad Energy and constructed by McCarthy Building Companies.  Two California utilities, Ava Community Energy and San José Clean Energy (SJCE), have contracted for the output of Sun Pond via long-term PPAs.… The post Arizona solar + storage project comes online to benefit California utilities appeared first on Solar Power World.

Chinese-owned lithium battery manufacturer Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) has sold a majority stake in its Tennessee cell manufacturing facility to Fixx Energy, a new U.S. name. Founded in Japan in 2007, AESC eventually became majority owned by China’s Envision Group as it expanded its manufacturing operations around the world. The company established a factory… The post AESC sells Tennessee lithium battery cell manufacturing plant to Fixx Energy appeared first on Solar Power World.

Shoals Technologies Group’s new 638,000-ft2 manufacturing facility in Portland, Tennessee, officially marked its grand opening this week. The site will make Shoals’ line of electronical balance of system (eBOS) products for the solar, storage and mission-critical facility industries. “As demand for energy infrastructure continues to accelerate, this new Mega Facility allows Shoals to scale alongside… The post Shoals opens humongous solar eBOS manufacturing site in Tennessee appeared first on Solar Power World.

Renewable energy investor Skyview Ventures is deploying an environmental monitoring program across its portfolio of solar projects to manage pollinator activity on these sites. Through its solar subsidiary, Davis Hill Development, Skyview is integrating HiveTracks biodiversity monitoring on eight solar projects in New York, West Virginia, Tennessee and Connecticut. Skyview invested in HiveTracks and tested… The post Skyview Ventures integrates monitoring program for beekeeping on solar project sites appeared first on Solar Power World.

Tigo Energy has improved features on its Predict+ platform, now offering integrated real-time spot market pricing for ISO customers in the United States. Predict+ provides utilities with insights into grid demand, renewable generation and energy market dynamics, enhancing the precision, scalability and robustness of energy forecasting to up to 97.5% accuracy through machine learning and… The post Tigo adds real-time spot market pricing to Predict+ platform appeared first on Solar Power World.

Facebook parent company Meta and EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) have arranged a long‑term power purchase agreement (PPA) for Cypress Knee Solar, a 250‑MW solar energy project to be built in Arkansas. Cypress Knee Solar is Meta’s third new energy agreement with EDPR NA, making the total procured energy between the companies 545 MW.… The post Meta signs 250-MW PPA on EDP Renewables’ Arkansas solar project appeared first on Solar Power World.

SOLV Energy announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Roberson Waite Electric (RWE), a California-based provider of utility substation construction, testing, commissioning and related infrastructure services. “This acquisition advances SOLV’s strategy to build a diversified, scalable energy and infrastructure services platform aligned with utility investment,” said George Hershman, Chief Executive Officer of SOLV… The post SOLV Energy buys utility substation company Roberson Waite Electric appeared first on Solar Power World.

A seven-project portfolio for the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS) is nearing completion. Verogy, with help from Connecticut Green Bank, built the seven solar projects totaling 4.7 MW. CTECS will save approximately $5.4 million in energy costs over the lifetime of the systems. Representatives attending a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event at the 756.8-kW carport… The post Verogy completes 7 solar projects for Connecticut trade school system appeared first on Solar Power World.

Project Nexus, the unique solar system being installed over an irrigation canal in California, has completed construction. Launched in 2022, with construction beginning in 2024, Project Nexus is a pilot study designed to test how solar over canals can generate distributed renewable electricity while saving water and conserving land by utilizing existing canal infrastructure. The… The post Project Nexus solar canal demo completes construction in California appeared first on Solar Power World.