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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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AEP Buys Enron Wind Project in Texas

LCG, Jan. 2, 2002--American Electric Power Co. Inc. said Monday that it has acquired the 160-megawatt Indian Mesa Wind Power Project from Enron Wind Corp. for $175 million. The Enron unit will provide operations and maintenance services at the site, located near Iraan, 45 miles east of Fort Stockton, Texas.

Under terms of the agreement, AEP will assume responsibility for fulfillment of previously announced power supply arrangements with City Public Service, the municipal electric utility for San Antonio, Texas. CPS will buy all the power generated from the wind turbines under long-term agreements.

"We are pleased to add the Indian Mesa Wind Project to our growing fleet of renewable power generation resources," said Dwayne L. Hart, senior vice president of business development for AEP Energy Services, an AEP subsidiary. "The addition of Indian Mesa furthers our goal of enhancing the renewable portion of our overall generation portfolio. We're also pleased with the opportunity to establish a relationship with CPS."

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