TrinaSolar Partners with Casella Family Brands to Power Landmark Solar Farm in Australia's Beverage and Wine Industries

Array Technologies has broken ground on a new $50+ million solar manufacturing campus in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The project, supported by the Inflation Reduction Act, will create over 300 manufacturing jobs and facilitate the production, assembly, design, engineering, and customer service of solar tracking technology. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, along with U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, and Bernalillo County Commission Chair Barbara Baca, joined Array Technologies in announcing the groundbreaking. Array Technologies is a leader in utility-scale solar tracking technology and has been a cornerstone of American solar manufacturing for over 30 years. The expansion aligns with Array's commitment to sustainability and the local community. This new solar manufacturing campus in New Mexico adds to the growing clean energy industry in the US, further fueling the competition between different regions for dominance in the renewable energy sector [a6891c12] [222b9ebb] [9411a854] [43d40382].

Birch Creek Energy, a utility-scale solar development platform based in St. Louis, Missouri, has placed an order for 547 MW of advanced Series 6 Bifacial thin film photovoltaic modules from First Solar. The modules will be deployed in projects across Birch Creek Energy's development pipeline in the United States. First Solar, the largest solar manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere, is expected to support an estimated 30,060 direct, indirect, and induced jobs across the country as it expands to an anticipated 14 GW in annual US nameplate capacity by 2026. Additionally, First Solar plans to invest over $2 billion in new manufacturing facilities in Alabama and Louisiana, and commission approximately $450 million in R&D innovation infrastructure in Ohio. The order from Birch Creek Energy further strengthens First Solar's position in the renewable energy market and contributes to the growth of the clean energy industry in the US [90166b1f] [a6891c12].

MN8 Energy LLC has also placed orders for 457 MW of advanced thin film solar modules from First Solar. The order includes 170 MW of Series 6 bifacial modules and 287 MW of Series 7 modules. The modules will be used for projects in the northeastern and southern United States. MN8 Energy, founded as Goldman Sachs Renewable Power in 2017, owns and operates a 3.2 gigawatt (GW) portfolio and has previously transacted with First Solar. First Solar, as the largest solar manufacturer in the western hemisphere, is expected to support thousands of jobs as it expands its manufacturing capacity in the US [4f388942] [90166b1f].

TrinaSolar has partnered with Casella Family Brands to inaugurate a 5.7MW solar farm near its production site in Yenda, New South Wales, Australia. The solar farm comprises 8730 TrinaSolar low voltage Vertex 650-655W bifacial modules mounted on TrinaTracker Vanguard 2P trackers, capable of generating 11.53GWh of electricity annually. This output will fulfill approximately 35% of the power needs of the Yenda facility. The solar farm is the first in the Asia Pacific region to fully integrate Vanguard 2P trackers with these large format low voltage modules. TrinaSolar's intelligent tracking algorithm, SuperTrack, optimizes panel tilt to enhance energy generation by more than 3%. Casella Family Brands aims to reduce its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve 100% by 2050 [b8851448].