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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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Duke Plans 200 MW Wind Farm Project in Wyoming

LCG, September 1, 2009--Duke Energy announced yesterday that it plans to construct the Top of the World Windpower Project, a 200-MW wind farm, near Casper, Wyoming. The project is scheduled to commence commercial operations in 2010.

The power generated from the project will be bought by Pacificorp under a 20-year, power purchase agreement (PPA). Pacificorp will also purchase all of the renewable energy credits (RECs) generated from the wind farm.

Duke Energy will build, own and operate the Top of the World Windpower Project, which will use a 17,000 acre footprint on both private and public land Duke holds under long-term lease in Converse County. According to Duke, the project will include at least 66, 1.5-MW turbines manufactured by GE. Construction is scheduled to begin late this year or early next year.
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