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‘We need to see US$5 trillion’: the role of green bonds in delivering sustainable solar investments

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews, Long Reads
April 17, 2024
By JP Casey
JP Casey reports on green bonds' growing importance as a vital source of support for solar and a tool for fighting greenwashing.
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PV Price Watch: polysilicon price falls again to US$6.49/kg, tightening manufacturers’ margins

Features, Editors' Blog
April 16, 2024
By Carrie Xiao
The transaction price of n-type silicon rod has fallen to 58-60 RMB/kg (US$8.01-8.29/kg) and the average price is down 3.30% month-on-month.
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PV Price Watch: new polysilicon capacity ‘not needed’ as its price drops to US$7.2/kg

Features, Editors' Blog
April 4, 2024
By Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
Price of polysilicon decreased this week both for p-type and n-type materials with the former dropping below the historic low of US$6.75/kg reached in June 2020.
Pahal Solar groundbreaking ceremony.
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India’s Pahal Solar discusses 1.8GW PV module factory, automation strategy

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews
April 3, 2024
By Tom Kenning
Pahal Solar has broken ground on a new fully-automated facility, which will expand the company’s manufacturing capacity to 1.8GW.
Claude Dagescy (left) and Lalit Kumar Singh (right), discuss 5B and Waaree's manufacturing plant.
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‘We have a solution where others do not’: 5B eyes landfill solar projects and expanded manufacturing

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews
March 28, 2024
By Tom Kenning
Prefabricated solar structure provider 5B has made a number of investments into its prefabrication business in both the US and India.
Solar and wind projects in France.
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The business case for co-located solar projects in Europe

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews
March 27, 2024
By Will Norman
Despite an awareness of the benefits that co-located storage and solar can offer, the commercial model for such sites has yet to materialise.
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PV Price Watch: Diverging trends as wafer prices plummet, modules see incremental rise

Features, Editors' Blog
March 22, 2024
By Carrie Xiao
The pricing dynamics within the photovoltaic industry chain are witnessing a split, with noticeable drops in polysilicon and wafer prices.
Rooftop solar installation.
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“More money into solar all over the world”: challenges and opportunities for global solar finance

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews, Long Reads
March 22, 2024
By JP Casey
With solar a global industry, perhaps a global approach is the best way to ensure a more consistent supply of funding.
Image: Waaree

Chinese companies supplied half of US PV modules in 2023

Editors' Blog, Features
March 20, 2024
By Finlay Colville
Chinese companies supplied half of US PV modules in 2023, but Indian imports are growing as restrictions on Chinese products tighten.
Solar panels in Belgium.
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PV Data: Belgium breaks solar records in 2023, but questions remain in 2024

Features, Editors' Blog, Long Reads
March 19, 2024
By JP Casey
According to Energie Commune, Belgium installed 1.8GW of new solar capacity in 2023, and pushing its total operating solar portfolio to 9.9GW.
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