Category: Sustainability

France’s Former Energy Minister on Balancing Ecology and Economy in the Green Transition

While serving as French minister for energy and industry, Roland Lescure visited a glass factory that reignited its furnaces after shutting them due to energy shortages.

Roland Lescure may no longer be France’s energy and industry minister, but the parliament member representing French citizens living in the U.S. and Canada is continuing to fight for policies that balance ecology and the economy. 

$1.45B Federal Loan to Back Second Georgia Solar Factory for South Korea’s Qcells

A rendering of the Cartersville plant.

The Korean company helping lead a U.S. solar manufacturing renaissance from Georgia is set to receive a $1.45 billion federal loan to support its new factory in Cartersville. Hanwha Qcells… Continue reading $1.45B Federal Loan to Back Second Georgia Solar Factory for South Korea’s Qcells

Kemp: Georgia’s Electric Vehicle Success Driven by More Than Subsidies

Gov. Brian Kemp talks with World Affairs Council President Rickey Bevington before taking questions from the audience.

To hear the Biden administration tell it, the Inflation Reduction Act is driving generational investment in clean energy and electric vehicles across the U.S. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who leads… Continue reading Kemp: Georgia’s Electric Vehicle Success Driven by More Than Subsidies

How Renewvia Is Powering Africa From Atlanta

A Renewvia grid powers the Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement in Kenya.

Renewvia Energy’s executives never envisioned that a simple diversification play would end up spurring a transatlantic odyssey of investment and impact.  Founded in 2008, the Atlanta-based solar contractor had a… Continue reading How Renewvia Is Powering Africa From Atlanta

Qcells Supplier to Invest $147M to Build Out Solar Manufacturing Sector

Hanwha lays out where the encapsulant film will be placed in a solar module.

Another branch of Korean chemicals, materials and renewable energy giant Hanwha is building new factory in Georgia to support the upcoming expansion of Qcells, a sister firm planning a $2.5… Continue reading Qcells Supplier to Invest $147M to Build Out Solar Manufacturing Sector

Korea’s Qcells to Invest $2.5B in Two New Georgia Facilities 

Qcells is set to build a new facility in Cartersville and a third at its original site in Dalton. Photo: Qcells

Building out the largest solar module manufacturing plant in Dalton wasn’t enough to satisfy the ambitious goals in the U.S. market for Korean-owned solar giant Qcells.  Encouraged by incentives in… Continue reading Korea’s Qcells to Invest $2.5B in Two New Georgia Facilities 

Norway’s Freyr to Build $2.6B Battery Plant in Newnan 

Freyr plans to build out a $2.57 billion gigafactory complex in Georgia, as seen in this rendering taken from a project video (viewable below).

Freyr, a publicly traded company with Norwegian roots, is set to build a nearly $2.6 billion battery plant in Newnan to meet an anticipated spike in demand for energy-storage systems… Continue reading Norway’s Freyr to Build $2.6B Battery Plant in Newnan