Norway-based solar energy manufacturer NorSun will spend $620 million to build its first U.S.-based factory—a 5-GW facility in Tulsa, Okla., that will produce silicon ingots and wafers for solar cells and panels.
Officials of INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA, along with NextEra Energy Resources, recently had a groundbreaking for INEOS Hickerson Solar, a 130-MW solar energy project in Bosque County, Texas.
Trina Solar Co.'s selection of installation partners for the solar photovoltaic project will help keep the project on target for completion within the next two years.
The Sun Streams 4 project, a 377-MWdc PV, 300-MWac/1200 MWh solar and 300-MWac battery storage facility 40 miles west of Phoenix, is about one-third completed and at peak workforce of approximately 250 solar construction workers, including 65-plus registered apprentices.