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Suniva Announces New Facility to Dramatically Increase Solar Cell Manufacturing Capacity in America

LCG, April 15, 2026--Suniva announced yesterday that it has entered agreements to bring a state-of-the-art 4.5 GW solar cell manufacturing facility to Laurens, South Carolina. The new facility, combined with Suniva’s existing facility at its headquarters in metro Atlanta, will bring the company’s total annual domestic solar cell manufacturing capacity to over 5.5 GW.

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U.S. Coal-fired Generating Capacity Retirements in 2025 Are Less Than 20 Percent of Retirements in 2022

LCG, April 13, 2026--The EIA today released an "In-brief Analysis" of U.S. coal-fired generating capacity retirements in 2025. A highlight of the analysis is that, during 2025, the electric power sector retired 2.6 GW of coal-fired generating capacity at four power plants, which is (i) the least since 2010 and (ii) 5.9 GW less than the planned retirement of 8.5 GW at the beginning of 2025.

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DPL Begins Construction on 320 Megawatts

LCG, Oct. 2, 2000The holding company for utility Dayton Power & Light Co. said on Friday that it has begun construction on four electric generation units of 80 megawatt each. The 320 megawatts of new capacity constitutes phases three and four of DPL Inc.'s peaking generation expansion strategy

The natural gas-fired combustion turbines will be located in Pickaway County, Ohio, about 25 miles south of Columbus, and will be online in time for next summer's high demand, the company said, adding that all necessary state and local approvals have been granted.

" Our management team did an excellent job in working quickly through the siting process," saidAllen Hill, president and chief executive of DPL Inc. "With construction plans on track, we look forward to a solid return on this investment in 2001."

The project is being developed by DPL Energy, an unregulated merchant power subsidiary. When complete, DPL's four-phase power expansion will have added 800 megawatts of capacity for an investment of about $270 million.

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