Companies Announce Partnership for Sustainable Water Sports Solutions Sunlit Sea, a leading provider of prefabricated floating solar hardware, and Rixen Cableway GmbH, the world market leader of full-size cables for wakeboarding, have formed a partnership to revolutionize wakeboard facilities worldwide. As part of this exciting collaboration, Rixen Cableway GmbH has purchased a state-of-the-art 60 kWp floating solar installation from Sunlit Sea for the first cablepark, located in Mannheim, Germany. | Nucor Signs Agreement with NextEra to Support Solar Energy in Kentucky Nucor Corporation signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for 250 megawatts of renewable energy from Sebree Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. Sebree Solar is an innovative two-phase solar project in Henderson County, Kentucky, which will have a capacity of up to 400 megawatts of American-produced energy. The project's first phase – Sebree Solar I – is set to begin construction in Fall 2023. | First Solar selects Louisiana for its fifth US manufacturing facility First Solar has announced it has selected the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana as the location for its previously announced fifth fully vertically integrated manufacturing facility in the United States. The facility, believed to be the single largest capital investment in the area’s history, represents an investment of up to $1.1 billion in expanding America’s capacity to produce its own photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. | PV UbiQD Expands Collaboration with First Solar on Quantum Dot-Enhanced Solar Modules UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology company, has entered into a joint development agreement, with First Solar, Inc., to further collaborate on developing the potential to incorporate fluorescent quantum dot technology in advanced solar modules. The two companies have been conducting exploratory work since early 2022, and the initial results have supported the more formalized joint-development effort. | Cambridge Solar Secures Trademark Status Large-scale solar provides cheapest power, says Government report China First n-type i-TOPCon cells roll off Trina Solar's production line in Qinghai Panorama Media Analysis Show ESG Issues Heavily Influenced by Protests and Politics A media analysis carried out by Cision, a leading global provider of communication platforms and consumer and media intelligence services, shows that despite multiple crises, ESG issues remain very prominent in traditional media and social channels.In a comparison with survey data, the analysis shows that despite a declining willingness among consumers to pay more for green products, and there being less interest in knowing about the social responsibility taken by companies, public discussion in the media and on social platforms regarding ESG issues increased between January 2020 and June 2023. | Storage Gridmatic Unveils $50 Million Dollar Energy Storage Fund Agenda Utility Scale Solar and Wind Europe Solar Finance & Investment Summit |