The statement came on the same day that European solar manufacturing stalwart Meyer Burger announced plans to abandon its module assembly plant in Germany because of the lack of support afforded to manufacturers in Europe.
US distributed generation platform Aspen Power has secured US$241 million in three financing tranches to support construction of its future solar PV assets.
Dutch-German solar testing firm Sinovoltaics will expand its operations in the US market as a result of the solar and battery energy storage manufacturing “boom” stimulated by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) has written an open letter to the EU calling for “robust regulation” of forced labour in the solar supply chain.
Indian integrated energy company Tata Power Renewable Energy has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOU) with the state government of Tamil Nadu for renewable energy project development and solar manufacturing.
The US arm of French renewables developer EDF Renewables has commenced operations at the first phase of the Fox Squirrel solar PV plant in Ohio along with its Canadian energy company partner, Enbridge.
New York State has announced plans to speed up the permitting process for distributed renewable energy and transmission projects, alongside an initiative to boost access to community solar.
