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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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Iberdrola Commissions Three Wind Farms Across the U.S.

LCG, January 24, 2013--Iberdrola announced early this week that its installed capacity has increased by 265 MW following the commissioning of three wind farms located in California, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

The largest of the three wind farms is the 189-MW Manzana Wind Farm, located in the Tehachapi area near the town of Rosamond, California. The project includes 126 of GE's 1.5-MW wind turbines. San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 100 MW of the plant output, and the City of Santa Clara?s Silicon Valley Power (SVP) has a 20-year PPA for 50 MW.

In New Hampshire, the 48-MW Groton Wind Farm is sited along two ridge features in the town of Groton and consists of 24 Gamesa G87, 2.0-MW wind turbines.

The third project is the 28.5-MW Hoosac Wind Power Project, located in Massachusetts. The project includes 19, 1.5-MW turbines from GE, and all of the energy is under a PPA with NSTAR Electric, a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities.
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