In October, Turkish energy minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Turkey will need to install 5GW of solar and wind capacity every year until 2035, as renewables have great potential to meet the country’s 2035 target of ‘supplying reliable and affordable energy in an environmentally friendly manner’.
Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies will lay off about 22% of its global workforce as it decided to phase out its Maxeon 6 interdigitated back contact (IBC) modules as well as other operational realignment.
Holosolis is planning to build a 5GW solar module assembly plant in Sarreguemines. Image: Armor GroupFrench chemical manufacturer Armor Group has acquired a 20% stake in PV manufacturing startup Holosolis. Neither Armor Group nor Holosolis disclosed the amount of investment. After the acquisition, Armor Group will have a seat on the supervisory board alongside other shareholders including EIT InnoEnergy, IDEC group and TSE.
A BESS project invested in by SUSI Partners in Texas, US. Image: SUSI Partners.Switzerland-based institutional investment group SUSI Partners has entered a development deal for two large-scale solar-plus-storage hybrid power plants in Chile.
McCarthy said that it was looking to fulfil the wage and apprenticeship requirements under the IRA throughout the projects’ construction. Image: McCarthy Building Companies
Successful projects must be operational within 10 months of signing a power purchase agreement with the the Ceylon Electricity Board. Image: Unsplash
Application for the programmer will start from 30 November. Credit: ARENA
Sembcorp’s renewables portfolio will be over 450MW after the acquisition. Image: Sembcorp Industries. Singapore-based energy company Sembcorp has agreed to buy 245MW of renewables projects in Vietnam.
August saw the company acquire 2,400 new residential solar systems and contracts. Image: REC Solar.
Construction of the project will begin next year. Image: JinkoPower
The agreement involves the supply of 5,400 trackers. Image: Solar Steel
The US government’s new large-scale PV database contains data on almost 4,000 projects. Credit: Longroad Energy.