As the solar industry continues to grow and evolve, module blending can offer practical solutions for reducing project cost, particularly as antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) tariffs could be applied to Chinese products and US domestic content is incentivised. There are strategic considerations for designing and constructing solar sites with blended modules.
Solar PV has led capacity additions in the US during the first half of the year with 12GW.
India added nearly 15GW of solar PV capacity during the first half of 2024, a 282% increase from H1 2023, according to market research firm Mercom India.
US racking provider Terrasmart has launched a hail stow feature for use on its TerraTrak single-axis trackers.
A new research project, announced this week, will seek to bolster intellectual property (IP) and patent protection for European companies developing new solar cell technologies.
A group of US solar manufacturers, including Qcells, First Solar, Meyer Burger and REC Silicon, have filed allegations that increased solar imports from Vietnam and Thailand are “injuring the US solar industry”.
Analyst firm BloombergNEF has cautioned that Australia requires around AU$2.4 trillion (US$1.6 trillion) investment to reach net zero, with solar PV and wind installations to reach 290GW by 2050.
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has published two engineering roadmaps that highlight successes in the country’s efforts “to support the continuous increase of renewables in the energy mix,” in the National Electricity Market (NEM) and South West Interconnected System (SWIS) grid.
Norwegian ingot and wafer manufacturer NorSun will supply Heliene, a Canadian solar PV manufacturer, with US-made silicon wafers from 2026.
A group of 18 Republican members of US Congress have published a letter calling for the preservation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) amid Republican Party attempts to repeal the bill.
Australian mining giant Fortescue Metals Group has started constructing a US$50 million project in Western Australia. The project aims to harness solar PV to produce green hydrogen, which will be used to create green metals.
Indian module manufacturer Vikram Solar has launched its latest product, the Suryava module, which is the company’s first product to use heterojunction (HJT) cells.
