Energy Update
The U.S. Department of Commerce will open an investigation into whether Chinese solar-equipment manufacturers are evading tariffs by sending components to other Asian nations for assembly before shipping finished products to the U.S.
The U.S. Commerce Department plans to take up the investigation, Auxin Solar Inc. said in a statement March 28.
The U.S. will hold its next offshore wind lease auction on May 11 for the rights to develop two areas offshore the Carolinas before a moratorium on offshore wind leases signed by former President Donald Trump is set to take effect.
Carolina Long Bay offshore wind lease areas (Source: BOEM)
In honor of Women's History Month, American Clean Power Association CEO Heather Zichal sat down with Renewable Energy World to discuss her journey to become the unified voice for clean energy, how to address the industry's diversity problem, and what's next for Build Back Better.
Officials in the District of Columbia filed a complaint against Pepco for allegedly “systemically mishandling” community solar projects, potentially overcharging customers, and “undermining the District’s efforts to meet its clean energy goals.”
Thirty acres at the Port of New Bedford in Massachusetts are slated to be redeveloped as an offshore wind marine terminal to support projects along the East Coast.
Foss Maritime is partnering with investors Cannon Street Holdings LLC to redevelop the site, which is near offshore wind projects Vineyard Wind 1 and Mayflower Wind.
The general manager of the Electric Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC EP) and the president in Ecuador of the Lowell mining company signed a letter of intent for the future supply of hydroelectricity to the Warintza mining project.
The Lowell company is a unit of the Canadian Solaris Resource, concessionaire of the Warintza mining project, located in the province of Morona-Santiago, for the extraction of copper. The project will require a great deal of electrical energy, CELEC EP said.
By Nick Blitterswyk, UGE CEO
New York State leaders celebrated the milestone of 1 GW of community solar installed, the most of any state in the U.S. (Photo courtesy: NYSERDA)
Contributed by Gabe Phillips, Founder & CEO, Catalyst Power
The tragedy playing out in Ukraine has roiled energy markets, spiked prices, and renewed the potential for major energy legislation here to move in Washington D.C.
The company at the heart of a high-profile complaint that is sending shockwaves through the solar energy industry alleges that solar cells and module imports are surging ahead of a key Commerce Department decision.
In its filing, lawyers for Auxin Solar told Commerce Department officials that “an enormous volume” of imported CSPV cells and modules is “surging into the United States” in the days before a March 25 deadline for Commerce to initiate circumvention inquiries.
The United States Postal Service has doubled its order of electric vehicles from 5,000 to 10,019 as part of its planned fleet upgrade.
USPS placed its first $2.98 billion order for 50,000 vehicles--a majority of which will be gasoline-powered--with Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense.
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