On Sunday, a tornado in Bennett, Colorado, tore through Pioneer Solar, an 80-megawatt facility owned by a cooperative delivering power to Castle Rock and other nearby communities.
Solar plants are rapidly increasing — from a total of 100 MW of solar power installed capacity in 2011, as of 2023, Bulgaria has more than 2,400 MW, of them 600 MW were added in 2022. The capacity is set to reach 3,000 MW. .
Damascus launches a fixed-tariff scheme for 2–10 MW green power and signs a deal with 20Solar Energy to build twin 100-MW solar plants, one with battery storage. Syria has taken its most decisive step yet toward rebuilding its war-battered power system with clean energy.
San Diego-based home battery storage company NeoVolta has formed NeoVolta Power, a joint venture (JV) to develop a US battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing platform in Pendergrass, Georgia. The JV is between NeoVolta, system integrator PotisEdge and solar PV company.
Agricultural applications including irrigation pumping, cold storage, processing facilities, and greenhouse operations benefit from containerized solar systems that reduce energy costs and improve sustainability credentials for organic or eco-certified operations.