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Chile has curtailed a record 5,909GWh of solar PV and wind power in 2024, up 121% from the previous year, according to trade body, the Chilean renewable energy and energy storage association (ACERA).

China is reviewing the expiry of decade-old anti-dumping measures on US and South Korean polysilicon imports.

Power and communications infrastructure provider GenusPlus Group has been awarded a contract to develop the proposed Clean Energy Link – North Region project set to expand Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System (SWIS).

In December 2024, Australian utility-scale solar PV and wind assets generated 4,551GWh for the month. David Dixon, a senior analyst at Rystad Energy, stated that New South Wales was the best-performing state.

We close our round of interviews with a look at the Italian market, which has had legislative setbacks in 2024 that may continue in 2025.

The report said that tandem modules need a minimum efficiency of 25% to be competitive with other solar technologies on price.

Investment firm EQT has acquired US-based distributed energy company Scale Microgrids for an undisclosed amount.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has awarded polysilicon producer Hemlock Semiconductor up to US$325 million in direct funding.

Linea Energy has closed project debt financing for a 109MWdc utility-scale solar PV power plant in Wilcox County, Georgia, in the US.

The high cost of capital and growing community opposition to projects will be pressing challenges for the European solar industry in 2025.