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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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CMS On-line With Two Units at Abu Dhabi Desalter

LCG, Aug. 1, 2000--CMS Generation Co., a unit of CMS Energy Corp. of Dearborn, Mich., said yesterday it has begun commercial operation of two gas-fired units totaling 370 megawatts at the Al Taweelah A2 power and desalination facility, currently under construction in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Located on the coast of the Arabian Gulf approximately 65 kilometers northeast of Abu Dhabi city, the project, when completed, will consist of a 710 megawatt, natural gas-fueled combined-cycle powerplant and water desalination facility capable of producing 50 million imperial gallons of water per day.

Power and water from Al Taweelah A2 will be sold to the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Corp. under a 20 year power and water purchase agreement. CMS is managing engineering, procurement, construction and operation of the plant under a 20 year agreement.

CMS owns 40 percent of the project and the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority owns the remaining 60 percent.

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