by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
Amherst County, Virginia officials are proposing to cap such uses at either 50 acres or 10 megawatts of electricity generated in the zoning ordinance.The discussion came after a Virginia Senate committee carried over for a year Senate Bill 567, a measure that would...
by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
Environment America modeled the viable technical potential for rooftop solar in the United States, finding that it can serve 45% of U.S. electricity demand based on 2022 levels. In 2022, rooftop solar generated about 1.5% of the total electricity consumed. Over 3.9...
by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
new goal from the California Public Utilities Commission would also require the state to build more than 56 GW of additional clean energy generation, including solar, different durations of energy storage, as well as 4.5 GW of offshore wind, according to the agency....
by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
The gap stood at 20 GW between leading companies and those ranked from the fifth in 2022, and then the gap widened to 30 GW in 2023 with 60 GW difference between the first fourth and the rest. It’s estimated that the top four companies took up around 60% of the total...
by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
Global forecasted manufacturing capacity to reach 54 GW by 2027 and up to ~2x of demand in 2030 EH2 already has 5 GW of orders lined up for their 1.3 GW factory, so EH2 feels confident about its ability to keep its current facility busy. The company is also...
by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
US$344 million in investment, the facility will be capable of producing enough solar glass for between 5GW and 6GW of PV capacity annually.Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024, with operations in 2026. I don’t think the USA is producing 5-6 GW of solar waste per...