Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Clean energy investment across Africa has to double the current US$90 billion target by 2030 and reach nearly US$25 billion per year, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).

Global module capacities are on track to reach 866GW by the end of 2023, more than doubling the existing capacity at the end of 2022.

TW (Tongwei) Solar entered the PV industry in 2006, initially specialising in polysilicon production before going on to establish itself as a world-leading manufacturer, currently creating waves in the high-efficiency PV module sector.

Module manufacturing major Risen Energy has posted strong revenue for the first half of the year, with RMB17.6 billion (US$2.4 billion).

PV Tech Premium looks at how the Inflation Reduction Act could help in redeveloping closed-down US coal assets to host solar PV projects.

Indian independent power producer (IPP) Ayana Renewable Power has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with metallurgical company Hindalco to supply 100MW of round-the-clock (RTC) renewables.

Italy has installed more than 2.3GW of solar PV in the first half of 2023, according to the latest figures from industry association Italia Solare.

Norwegian energy company Greenstat has completed the installation of a 45MW solar PV plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina and started testing phase.

Trina Solar’s tracker manufacturing unit TrinaTracker has opened a new facility in Brazil, with a 2.5GW annual capacity.

Solar tracker provider Soltec has signed a supply agreement with Brazilian energy company CET Brazil for 412MW of trackers.