Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

According to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) latest report “Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory”, solar PV accounted for 59% of all additions.

Japanese PV inverter manufacturer Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) has expanded its footprint in the US with the construction of a 9GW inverter facility.

Consisting of two projects, the Iepuresti (169MW) and Ghimpati (146MW) plants are located in the southeastern region of Muntenia.

In related news, Google has signed a strategic long-term agreement with independent power producer Energix Renewables to develop 1.5GW PV.

Over the next two to three years, the companies aim to build solar PV projects of at least 20MW capacity in Germany.

This project is a private-public collaboration between the utility, the Basque Energy Agency (EVE), the regional council of Alava and the cooperative Mondragon Group.

The Shallow Basket Energy project is built on land leased from the Jicarilla Apache Nation and includes a 50MW dedicated battery energy storage system (BESS).

The new system builds on the capacities of DuraTrack and OmniTrack offerings, reducing dependence on power grids and adding more flexibility and optimisation possibilities.

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.