The top five US states for solar installation added over 18GW of new PV generation capacity in 2023 between them, in a year which saw solar account for 53% of all US electricity capacity additions.
The European Parliament has approved a law requiring member states to deploy solar installations on buildings and renovate them to improve their energy efficiency.
Continued growth in rooftop solar and “record-breaking” investment into utility-scale energy storage led renewable energy to fulfil almost 40% of Australia’s electricity supply in 2023, according to a new report from the Clean Energy Council (CEC).
First Solar CEO Mark Widmar has said that the US solar manufacturing industry “remains in a precarious position, despite the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)”.
US solar company Sol Systems has secured US$250 million towards the construction of its 189MW Eldorado solar PV project in the state of Illinois.
An emerging force in the heterojunction (HJT) sector, Quanwei Solar Technology (QW Solar) made its debut in the Japanese market at the 2024 edition of PV Expo Japan, showcasing both its “GIWA 5” series of high-efficiency HJT bifacial dual-glass modules and the independently developed “OrcaEnergy XII” series.
Solar PV was the most awarded renewables through global government tenders in 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie.
This week, the European Council confirmed that solar module manufacturers will bear responsibility for the waste disposal and recycling of modules in the EU.
The EU has reached a provisional agreement on a regulation to ban products made with forced labour from entering its market.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released a Proposed Decision (PD) for the US state’s community solar programme that will expand existing programmes and authorise a new one yet falls short of expectations.
There is a “general consensus” that the EU “cannot idly stand by whilst the [solar manufacturing] industry is disappearing,” Johan Lindahl, secretary general of the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) told PV Tech Premium yesterday (5th March).
The EU has confirmed that it will pursue ways to support the European solar manufacturing industry, following discussions today (4th March) between the European Commission and solar industry representatives.
