Items Tagged with "First Solar"

First Solar, Tesla take opposite sides of trade battle

Arizona-based solar modules manufacturer First Solar has taken the side of two financially stressed panel manufacturers that have called for federal tariffs on imported solar modules, putting itself directly opposite the side of the Solar Energy Industries Association on the issue. The U.S. Int Read More...

Facebook to power Ala. data center via two solar facilities

Facebook’s new data center, currently under construction in Huntsville, Alabama, will be powered with 100% renewable energy via the combined 377-megawatt output from two solar installations to be built in Tennessee and Alabama as the largest in each state.The Tennessee Valley Authority announc Read More...

Arizona chosen for Microsoft 100% RE data centers

Microsoft will develop new data center campuses in El Mirage and Goodyear, Arizona to provide cloud and internet services for Arizona and across the Western U.S. The data centers will be powered with 100% renewable energy. “Arizona has been increasingly embracing the technology industry w Read More...

Univ. Toledo to save $30K a year with 332 kW solar array

The University of Toledo installed a 332- kW solar array on their Health Science Campus and expects the project to generate 10.5 GWh of electricity and save the university nearly $30,000 a year.The solar panels, which are spread across 2.3 acres of the campus, were given to the university in 2017 in Read More...

GM inks PPA with 180 MW Arkansas solar project

General Motors announced Sept. 30 a new PPA for a 180 MW solar project that will source power for 100% of their Wentzville Assembly and Lansing Delta Township Assembly sites.With this deal, GM surpasses 1 GW in total renewable energy use company-wide. The auto manufacturer completed the agreement wi Read More...