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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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Tampa Electric Affiliate Puts Plant On-line in Virginia

LCG, Aug. 15, 2000--An affiliate of Tampa Electric Co. threw a party yesterday morning to dedicate about half of a power plant in Accomack County, Virginia, which is across the Chesapeake Bay from the rest of the state.

The 312 megawatt Commonwealth Chesapeake Power Station is being built by Teco Power Services Corp. in two phases, and yesterdays ceremony celebrated commercial operation of the 135 megawatt first phase. The second phase is scheduled to begin production next June.

The plant was dedicated by Sen. John Warner, a Virginia Republican, and former Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher, whose company, Mosbacher Energy Co. is affiliated with the plants developer.

Power from the plant is sold into the PJM wholesale market, the largest centrally dispatched electricity control area in North America.

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