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Chinese solar manufacturer Aiko Solar said yesterday (31 October) it has partnered with the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) to launch a US$4 million initiative aiming to achieve 30% efficiency with interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells.

Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC) has been named the product listing body for solar PV modules and inverters eligible under the Australian government’s ‘Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme’.

The solar panel recycling factory will be adjacent to the solar glass recycling plant Solarcycle is currently building in Georgia.

Spanish private equity firm BRUC has invested €2.26billion (US$1.34 billion) to build solar PV projects in the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia.

Tongwei has set a record for heterojunction (HJT) power output, with its latest module delivering a maximum power output of 776.2W.

Chinese solar manufacturer Huasun has secured a bid to supply 1GW of heterojunction (HJT) modules to a floating solar PV (FPV) project in China.

Figures in the Energy Technology Perspectives 2024 (ETP-24) report show the global market for renewables will triple over the next ten years.

For a seventh consecutive quarter, US solar PV tracker manufacturer Nextracker has had a sequential growth in its backlog which sits at over US$4.5 billion.

Solar developer Leeward Renewable Energy has commissioned its 179MW White Wing Ranch project in Yuma County, Arizona.

Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has opened a new AU$6.8 million (US$4.47 million) printed flexible solar cell facility in Victoria.