South Carolina

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China-based module manufacturer Huonen Solar plans to build a panel manufacturing facility in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The factory will produce modules for the U.S. market.

Duke’s five-year capital plan of $65 billion is focused on energy transition investments, which it says is a considerable increase over previous budgets, while its current budget removes almost $3 billion of capital it would have invested into the utility solar and distributed generation business.

Once complete, Dominion Energy South Carolina will purchase power from the project developed by Southern Current, an energyRe company.

Solar Alliance completed the design, engineering, and installation. Plus, REAP grants help rural small businesses save on solar.

The non-profit green bank has sourced credit to clientele of which 74% are low-to-moderate income homeowners.

The Southern Environmental Law Center shares its review of policies slowing down or speeding up the adoption of solar in the South.

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Utility-scale batteries are being pursued by many utilities, the generation and transmission co-op utility said in explaining its decision, while aggregated distributed resources “can be counted on as predictable generation capacity.”

Despite Duke’s purported commitment to clean energy, the utility is citing rising fossil fuel costs in the decision to raise rates.