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The company will open a 24 GW annual production facility, creating over 1,000 jobs.

In a partnership with Duke Energy valued at an estimated $248 million, the U.S. Department of Defense will be the exclusive purchaser of all output generated by two new solar facilities, which will serve five military bases.

Allowing flexible interconnection for large solar projects can reduce costs and speed deployment, benefiting developers, ratepayers and utility staff, said a presenter at a North Carolina conference of utility regulators.

Silfab Solar is one of seven awardees of DOE funding for projects that will use dual-use PV technologies to electrify buildings, decarbonize the transportation sector and reduce land-use conflicts.

Staubli plans to increase manufacturing of American-made connectors and wire harnesses in its California and North Carolina facilities.

State-by-state insights shared at the RE+ Southeast conference held in Atlanta this month.

The PowerPair program offers up to $9,000 for residential customers who install approved home solar-plus-battery systems.

If approved, the project will be sited adjacent to the operational Robinson Nuclear Plant.

Over $7.6 billion in wages are expected to be generated from already-announced Inflation Reduction Act supported projects, said a report from E2.

Environmental advocates appealed a cut to rooftop solar generation exports, arguing that utility Duke Energy ignored the benefits of customer-sited solar in its internal analysis of net metering rates.