Ben Willis

November 20, 2023
Thin-film manufacturer First Solar is well placed to weather any downturn in PV manufacturing going into 2024.
November 15, 2023
Everything seems to be pointing to the solar PV manufacturing sector going into a downturn in 2024, with loss-making potentially rife across much of the upstream sector.
November 9, 2023
Details of nearly 4,000 utility solar projects in the US have been compiled in what is being hailed as the most comprehensive public database of large-scale PV systems to date.
October 25, 2023
Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institution for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have launched a new medium-voltage string inverter aimed at large-scale power plants.
October 19, 2023
Europe’s solar industry has welcomed moves by EU energy ministers to agree a way forward on electricity market design.
October 2, 2023
The PV CellTech USA conference gets underway in San Francisco today, to explore the opportunities for PV manufacturing in the US.
July 3, 2020
Two senior figures from Indian solar manufacturing companies have said government proposals to boost the country’s domestic PV industry through duties on imported equipment do not go far enough.
July 3, 2020
South Africa-based steel producer ArcelorMittal SA (AMSA) is inviting proposals from independent power producers (IPPs) to build two utility-scale solar projects as it seeks to reduce its energy costs.
July 1, 2020
Asset management firm Capital Dynamics has purchased a 353MW portfolio of North American solar projects from independent power product Coronal Energy.
July 1, 2020
Renewable energy companies operating in Mexico are to be formally accused of fraud in the latest twist in a simmering dispute between the country’s government and solar and wind developers.

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