Will Norman

OCI Holdings’ decision this week to buy a Vietnamese solar wafer facility to supply the US solar cell manufacturing industry makes clear the biggest vulnerability facing the sector today.

Korean chemical production firm OCI Holdings has acquired a 65% stake in a Vietnamese solar wafer production plant, intending to export solar wafers to the US.

US solar manufacturer T1 Energy has acquired a minority stake in fellow US-based solar cell producer Talon PV.

The European solar module market has reached a “state of equilibrium” in recent weeks, with stable prices and regular demand.

US solar recycling firm OnePlanet has achieved the R2v3 certification from electronics sustainability non-profit SERI, which represents the “highest standards of traceability”.

Solar PV is the world’s cheapest technology to generate electricity, according to a study from the University of Surrey, in the UK.

Germany has awarded contracts to 490MW of solar-plus-storage projects in its latest “innovation” auction for co-located renewables.

Solar PV will account for almost 80% of the 4.6TW of new renewable power expected to be added by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

US independent power producer (IPP) Arevon has begun operations at two utility-scale solar projects in Indiana.

US utility AES Corporation is reportedly in discussions to be acquired by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a subsidiary of global asset owning giant BlackRock.