JP Casey

Germany has granted approval to 2.2GW of ground-mounted solar projects in its latest round of auctions, up from 1.6GW in the previous round.

Sembcorp has signed two 18-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Equinix to supply 75MW of solar power to the latter’s facilities.

Boviet Solar will build its first North American production facility in Greenville, Pitt County, in the US state of North Carolina.

The dollar-per-watt metric has traditionally formed the basis of PV module purchasing, but this formula can lead to costly mistakes.

Leading Chinese module manufacturer JinkoSolar has published its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, which include over 21GW of shipments and total revenues of RMB23.04 billion (US$3.19 billion), a slight year-on-year (YoY) fall.

EWEC has awarded development rights for the 1.5GW Al Ajban solar project to French firm EDF Renewables and the Korean Western Power Company.

Trina Solar’s latest 210mm n-type industrial tunnel oxide passivated contact (i-TOPCon) module has achieved a maximum power output of 740.6W.

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.

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