Americas

Solar tracker producer Array Technologies has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors has granted permission to Hecate Energy to build a 150MW solar farm in Virginia.

The Ningbo Boway Alloy Materials Company has announced plans to expand its TOPCon cell manufacturing capacity in the US by 2GW.

Scatec has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with a local unit of Statkraft for a 142MW solar PV plant in Brazil.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report on laser welding, which could make solar panels easier to recycle.

US renewables firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA) predicts that the solar industry’s latest anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition has a “high likelihood” of resulting in duties being paid on solar imports.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has established a new programme to “significantly improve” permitting and environmental processes for electricity transmission projects.

SunPower will reduce workforce and close business segments as the latest steps to simplify business structure and lower costs.

A group of US-based solar manufacturers have filed an antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition to the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and International Trade Commission (ITC).

Spanish utility Iberdrola posted increased profits and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in Q1 2024.