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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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Cinergy to Build Replacements for BP Power Plants

LCG, Feb. 13, 2001Cinergy Corp. said yesterday its Cinergy Solutions unit would build and operate 800 megawatts of new generation at two Texas facilities belonging to BP Amoco Plc. The new units will replace aging power plants and will cut emissions significantly, the company said.

Cinergy said new natural gas-fueled cogeneration units would be installed at BP's Texas City and Chocolate Bayou refinery and chemical plants, providing more than 3.5 million pounds of process steam per hour to the petroleum giant's operations.

"Our record is to offer the most efficiently produced, reliable energy we can at the lowest possiblecost," Steve Harkness, Cinergy Solutions' president and chief operating officer said in a news release. "We know that it's possible to achieve efficiency while making environmental excellence and safety priorities."

The Chocolate Bayou project is expected to be completed in 2002 and that of Texas City in 2004.

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