US can achieve its decarbonization goals faster and reduce climate change faster if solar panel manufacturing can fully return to the US by 2035.
New solar PV capacity addition in the US dropped 16% YoY to 20.2 GW DC in 2022, but a ‘robust return to growth’ for this market in 2023 is expected.
Sol Systems and Google have entered a new partnership to bring online 225 MW DC new solar and 18 MW battery storage capacity in the US.
Silfab Solar says its 3rd US manufacturing factory will have host 1 GW annual cell production and an additional 1.2 GW module assembly capacity.
US researchers claim their CFD model indicates agrivoltaic systems can potentially help resolve the global food energy crisis by improving PV efficiency.
AE Solar has proposed to launch a solar panel production facility in Romania with 2 GW initial capacity, eventually scaling it up to 10 GW annually.
Carbon has selected Fos-sur-Mer in France to host its 1st solar gigafactory with n-type technology to produce 5 GW cells & 3.5 GW modules annually.
Germany installed 780 MW new solar PV capacity in the month of January 2023 which takes the country’s cumulative installed PV capacity to over 68.17 GW.
British oil & gas major bp will develop HyVal with a 2 GW electrolyzer capacity in Spain’s Valencia region by 2030 to produce green hydrogen.
Germany bought €3.6 billion worth of imported solar PV systems in 2022 from across the globe. With an 87% share, China was its largest supplier.
The Federal Network Agency of Germany or Bundesnetzagentur had another round of an undersubscribed auction for solar on rooftops and noise barriers.
With a total of 9.6 GW new wind, solar and battery storage capacity installed in Q4/2022, ACP calls the quarter the lowest 4th quarter in US since 2019.
Under the Netherlands’ SDE++ 2023 round, solar PV projects smaller than 1 MW are planned to feed into the grid only a maximum of 50% of the peak capacity.
Galp Solar and BPI will provide solar financing and installation solutions to the latter’s corporate clientele, targeting solar self-consumption business.
Taaleri Energia joins Landinfra Energy to co-develop 1.1 GW solar and storage along with 800 MW wind and storage capacity in Sweden.
