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Ohio’s largest solar farm will also be the US’s largest agrivoltaics project

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Photo: Erich Burnett/Oberlin College Ohio has green-lit what will be the state’s largest solar farm – and the US’s largest agrivoltaics project. The $1 billion Oak Run Solar Project , approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board last week, will sit on over 6,000 acres in Madison County, west of Columbus. Get started here. –

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The US’s largest solar panel maker is taking over a Peloton factory

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First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) has acquired a former Peloton factory in Ohio and has plans to turn it into a distribution center. The US’s largest solar panel maker says it will repurpose Peloton Output Park’s 1.2 First Solar is investing over $2 billion in new factories in Alabama and Louisiana. Get started here. –ad*

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Ohio’s largest solar farm just came online

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The largest solar farm in Ohio’s first phase is now fully online and delivering clean electricity to the grid. The 577-megawatt (MW) Fox Squirrel Solar is in Madison County, west of Columbus. The Solar Energy Industries Association ( SEIA ) anticipates a lot of growth in the Buckeye State – it’s currently No.

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OSU hybrid “solar battery” uses photo-assisted charging to improve performance of Li-air batteries; “negative overpotential”

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Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a novel strategy to improve the efficiency and performance of non-aqueous lithium-oxygen (Li-air) batteries. O 2 batteries are based on the oxidation of lithium at the (lithium) metal electrode and reduction of oxygen at the air electrode to induce current flow.

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CODA abandoning plan to build Li-ion battery factory in Columbus, Ohio

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The Columbus Dispatch reported that Coda Automotive is abandoning plans to build a Li-ion battery factory in Columbus. Since Coda applied for the loan, the Department of Energy has come under fire for its loan to Solyndra, a maker of solar panels that later went bankrupt, and for aid to other electric car companies.

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The US’s largest solar panel maker is making a big impact on the US economy – in numbers

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First Solar added $2.75 First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) today released an economic study revealing the substantial impact of its US solar manufacturing operations. By then, the company plans to ramp up its production to a whopping 14 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity across Alabama, Louisiana, and Ohio.

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Texas awards $3.2M in EV infrastructure grants to Plano-Based Universal EV Chargers

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Universal EV Chargers has also won grants in Ohio, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The company launched in 2021 as a division of Universal Green Group, which has been a solar energy competitor in Texas and the Southwest since 2009.

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