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Renewable America completes 1.9-MW commercial solar projects for food processing facilities in California
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (403+ words) Renewable America completed a 1.9-MWdc solar project for Pearl Crop Inc. across facilities in Ripon, Linden, and Stockton, California. The company, which provides distributed energy resources, small utility-scale solar and storage projects, and community microgrids, developed and engineered the four-project…...
Suniva, Inc. to open new South Carolina solar cell factory
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (303+ words) According to a statement from the South Carolina governor’s office, the state’s Coordinating Council for Economic Development cleared job development credits related to the product, but state officials did not disclose how much. Suniva was founded in 2007 out of Department…...
The Industrial Science Report: Automotive manufacturing is reshaping material and battery development with data science
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (503+ words) This week I must thank Eindhoven University of Technology for introducing me to a new phrase: terra incognita—Latin for “unknown land.” Historically, cartographers used it to mark regions that had not yet been explored or documented. That space between…...
Grid stability is now a plant reliability problem
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (256+ words) Deliver smart solutions that promote safe, sustainable plant maintenance and operations Today’s electrical grid is under mounting strain, and its instability is increasingly felt on the factory floor. For manufacturers, power quality is becoming as critical to asset management as…...
The Industrial Science Report: Battery, supply chain, and power generation innovations strengthen an energy-secure future
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (288+ words) Deliver smart solutions that promote safe, sustainable plant maintenance and operations To meet the future energy needs of an electrified world, researchers are also exploring alternative power sources, from modular nuclear microreactors for on-site industrial power to advanced materials for…...
Reducing energy risk in manufacturing: Low-energy strategies for critical minerals processing and industrial resilience
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (692+ words) Deliver smart solutions that promote safe, sustainable plant maintenance and operations One of the most effective ways to manage energy risk is to reduce dependence on energy-intensive processes in the first place. For American Resources and its affiliate, ReElement Technologies,…...
First Solar to build new $330 million solar panel factory in South Carolina
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (161+ words) Deliver smart solutions that promote safe, sustainable plant maintenance and operations The company estimates the new factory, once at full capacity, will have an annual output of 3.7 gigawatts, bringing the company’s total annual nameplate capacity to 17.7 GW in 2027. Boeing breaks…...
Toyota starts battery production at new $13.9 billion North Carolina factory
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (249+ words) Deliver smart solutions that promote safe, sustainable plant maintenance and operations Toyota also took the plant opening as an opportunity to announce it would spend $2.7 million from the Toyota USA Foundation on a grant for the Driving Possibilities national STEM…...
Toyota to spend $912 million, create 252 jobs with plant expansions in five states
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (559+ words) Deliver smart solutions that promote safe, sustainable plant maintenance and operations Toyota’s Blue Springs, Mississippi plant will spend $125 million to add an assembly line for the hybrid Corolla. The company’s Buffalo, West Virginia, and Georgetown, Kentucky, plants will receive $453 million…...
Pure Lithium Corp. battery co opens new Chicago HQ, announces pilot production line
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (410+ words) Deliver smart solutions that promote safe, sustainable plant maintenance and operations Pure Lithium Corp. announced October 22 it had opened its new headquarters in Chicago, Illinois’ Fulton Market district. According to a July announcement from the Illinois Governor’s office, the company’s…...