Trina Solar US has announced that its 6.5GW PV wafer manufacturing facility in Vietnam specifically designated to supply the US market will be online in mid-2023.
Despite the headwinds impacting module supply and solar deployment, India’s solar market is expected to emerge from a slow 2023 with significant growth and feel the benefit of the country’s protectionist domestic manufacturing policies.
Canadian renewables firm Westbridge Renewable Energy Company will expand the PV capacity of its Sunnynook solar-plus-storage facility in Alberta, Canada, to 330MWp with an increase in the project area.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have announced a second round of applications for cybersecurity solutions to secure renewable energy assets.
Renewables developer ACEN Australia has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its 400MWac Stubbo solar farm to PCL Construction, a US-headquartered company.
National Grid Renewables has broken ground on its 128MWac Wild Springs solar PV project in South Dakota, which it says will be the largest solar PV project in the state to date.
Qcells has announced plans for a fully integrated US solar manufacturing supply chain, aiming to manufacture solar ingots and wafers in the country as well as expand its module supply capacity.
The American arm of bp, through its 50:50 joint venture partner Lightsource bp, has begun construction on a 134MW solar project in Fulton County, Ohio.
German rooftop solar installer Enpal has closed its Series D funding round with €215 million (US$230 million) in funding from a group of investors led by TPG Rise Climate, the dedicated climate-investing subsidiary of TPG Rise.
Global renewable energy company Masdar has signed a deal for a 1GW renewable energy project pipeline in Kyrgyzstan set to begin with a 200MW solar PV installation.
