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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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AMSC Signs Agreement with Dongfang to Develop 5 MW Wind Turbines

LCG, January 6, 2010--American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) announced yesterday that its wholly-owned AMSC Windtec™ subsidiary executed an agreement with Dongfang Turbine Co. Ltd. (Dongfang) to design and jointly develop 5 MW wind turbines for the offshore market.

Dongfang has exclusive rights to the 5-MW, offshore wind turbine designs in China and plans to begin supplying the global offshore market in 2012. According to the press release, AMSC has the right of first refusal to supply the core electrical components for Dongfang's 5 MW wind turbines.

Dongfang plans to commission shortly its first prototype 2.5-MW wind turbine designed under an earlier agreement with AMSC Windtec. Full production is expected to commence in the latter half of this year.

Dongfang is a subsidiary of Dongfang Electric Corporation, China's largest provider of power generating equipment and electric generating stations. In 2004 Dongfang Turbine entered the wind power market and became China's third largest wind turbine manufacturer in 2008.
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