Swedish manufacturer Nordcell has revealed plans to build a 1.2GW module manufacturing plant in northern Sweden.
The latest round of the UK’s renewable energy support scheme saw solar scoop almost 2GW of new capacity. Gareth Simkins examines the winning projects and looks ahead to assess how solar is likely to fare in future rounds.
Retail giant Walmart has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with utility EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) for a 180MW solar PV project in Texas, US.
Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has initiated a TOPCon patent infringement lawsuit against Canadian Solar in the US.
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a final rule designed to tighten up the anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) regulations.
The Australian government has launched the Solar Sunshot programme, a A$1 billion (US$650 million) investment to support an Australian solar module manufacturing industry, to widespread support from the sector.
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set up the minimum efficiency standards for cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film modules to be enlisted in the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) for solar PV modules.
US Senators Jon Ossof and Reverend Raphael Warnock have urged the Biden administration to support the domestic solar manufacturing industry by lifting an ongoing tariff exemption on bifacial modules.
Many countries around the world have tried to create a domestic solar manufacturing sector over the past decades, although success stories have been rare. This is a consequence of China’s ongoing dominance of the supply chain, including the production of polysilicon, wafers, cells, and modules.
The policy environment for solar PV in Europe needs to be balanced between the interests of developers and other industry parties, according to speakers at today’s Large Scale Solar Europe conference in Lisbon.
Researchers in Spain have developed a statistical model aimed at reducing uncertainties in the estimation of albedo, the measure of radiation reflected from the ground that is an essential factor in the performance of bifacial PV modules.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved requests made by utilities in the state to allow solar and storage facilities to use Limited Generation Profiles (LGPs) to connect to the state’s grid without paying for grid infrastructure upgrades.
