Kelly Pickerel

3 days ago | solarpowerworldonline.com | Kelly Pickerel

The U.S. Dept. of Commerce today released its final tariff amounts on solar cells (whether or not assembled into modules) from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The tariffs would go into effect after and only if the U.S. International Trade Commission makes a final determination (around May 20) that the domestic panel manufacturing industry was harmed by dumped and subsidized imports from the Southeast Asian countries.

3 days ago | solarpowerworldonline.com | Kelly Pickerel

After completing its second full-year of operation, SolarCycle shared its “annual impact data” for 2024. The company successfully recycled 480,406 solar panels in 2024 and increased its recycling capacity by 228%. Its original recycling facility in Odessa, Texas, has already been expanded. SolarCycle is adding two new processing lines, which will double its panel recycling capacity at the facility and increase the purity of its material outputs.

3 days ago | solarpowerworldonline.com | Kelly Pickerel

Solar and wind accounted for almost 98% of new U.S. electrical generating capacity added in the first two months of the year, according to data released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Solar specifically accounted for nearly three-quarters of the new capacity in January and February. A review by the SUN DAY Campaign determined that February 2025 was the 18th month in a row that solar was the largest source of new capacity.

1 week ago | solarpowerworldonline.com | Kelly Pickerel

Today the City of Fresno Dept. of Public Utilities (DPU) in California conducted a “Flip the Switch” ceremony to celebrate the completion of solar energy and  battery storage projects at three sites: the Fresno-Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility, the Northeast Surface Water Treatment Facility and the Southeast Surface Water Treatment Facility. All three projects feature single-axis solar trackers.

1 week ago | solarpowerworldonline.com | Kelly Pickerel

FLIR, a Teledyne Technologies company, has introduced its range of PV inspection solutions to expedite panel installation and maintenance at solar projects. With these new products, which include a clamp meter, irradiance meter and I-V curve tracer, users can verify the performance and safety of installed solar systems, monitor and maintain large-scale solar power plants and ensure the quality of solar panels during production.