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Solar has lost one of its brightest minds and kindest souls. PV Tech remembers Frédéric Dross, who died in a skiing accident on 17 February.

As storage capacity installation grew in double digits during Q4 2024, added solar PV grew by 6% year-on-year to 242MW in Q4 2024.

Fabral will join a number of other US steel manufacturers supplying racking and tubing to the US solar industry.

The decline reflects the broad trend across the solar manufacturing industry, where severe downward pressure on prices—brought about by an excess of product supply—has squeezed manufacturers' margins and pushed some into the red.

The portfolio will consist of around 1,100 ground-mounted, rooftop and carport projects built across France, which are expected to be completed by 2027.

The Australian government has opened a consultation into the upcoming Western Australia Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender design.

Despite strong numbers forecast for 2025, this would represent a year-on-year decline from China's 277GW of solar PV installed in 2024.

Daqo New Energy posted losses of US$65.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, and end-of-year losses of US$212.9 million.

US tech giants Meta and Microsoft have both respectively signed solar PV agreements with developers Cypress Creek Renewables and Silicon Ranch in the US.

The retreat on renewables has been described as a "last-ditch attempt to cash in" against the rising tide of the energy transition.