Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Last year saw 96GW of distributed PV installed in China, an all-time record. But as Carrie Xiao reports, even as the distributed market segment begins to surge, problems associated with its rapid development are beginning to emerge.

China accounted for more than half of the 536GW of solar PV inverters shipped globally in 2023, due to the country's solar growth last year.

Israel-headquartered solar inverter supplier SolarEdge has reported a quarterly decline in shipments in the second quarter of 2024 with 873MW.

Romania’s Ministry of Energy has approved the Contracts for Difference (CfD) which seeks to attract 5GW of solar PV and wind capacity by the end of 2025.

The partnership aims to build two solar PV plants - Sidi Bouzid and Tozeur solar projects – each with 60MW of capacity.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has invested US$2.2 billion in the grid across eight projects covering 18 states.

Renewables service provider RNWBL has partnered with US-based PV recycling firm Solarcycle to recycle and reuse solar panels under RNWBL’s commercial and industrial (C&I) operations.

SunPower also entered into an asset purchase agreement with residential solar company Complete Solaria to serve as the stalking horse buyer.

The company filed two complaints in the Munich and Hamburg local divisions of the UPC, regarding tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell patent infringements.

Signed through a 20-year PPA with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDP), a state-owned company, the electricity generated from the plant will be sold at a fixed price of US$0.1094/kWh.