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.
In 2023, installed solar capacity in Europe increased by 39% (66GW). The world’s first PV industry member of the Fortune global 500, Tongwei Solar is committed to providing clients with the highest quality, most reliable products on the market. In 2022, the company shipped 3GW, or 14% of the residential market, to Europe, where almost one in seven households deploying PV modules was equipped with its Terra series product and, in late 2023, it took the significant step of launching its new G12R TNC series module.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will commit US$475 million in funding for five clean energy projects at current and former mine sites across the US, which include three new solar projects.
The Solar Energy Manufacturers for America (SEMA) Coalition has published a report into the US’ reliance on Chinese-made modules, calling for a “strengthening [of] the domestic supply chain to produce solar components”.
During 2023, Chinese-owned PV companies supplied just over half of all PV modules shipped into the US market during the year, with more than 98% of these Chinese-owned modules manufactured in Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia.
