Manufacturing

Australia’s recently elected Labor government has revealed the country’s federal budget for the next four years, which includes roughly AU$25 billion (US$16.02 billion) in clean energy investments.

The world installed around 174GW of solar PV in 2021, a 20% jump on the previous year, and is expected to deploy 260GW this year, barring any major disruptions to international trade.

The White House has praised Lightsource bp for “driving demand for made-in-America solar” via building 2GW of clean energy, representing more than US$2.1 billion of investments across the US.

Wafer manufacturers in China are posting massive profits despite competition soaring and wafer sizes increasing across the market

Solar glass manufacturer Borosil Renewables has acquired a 86% stake in European peer Interfloat Group expanding its customer base in Europe.

Solar PV equipment provider Mondragon Assembly has received an order from BVG India to develop a multi-gigawatt automated PV manufacturing line.

With many similarities to the Greek solar market, Romania is on track to accelerate its solar deployment in the coming years.

Independent power producer (IPP) Silicon Ranch has secured an additional 700MW thin-film module supply with module manufacturer First Solar.

National Grid Renewables has signed a 140MW PPA with chocolate makers The Hershey Company in the second such deal between the two companies.

GCL System Integration Technology (GCL-SI) has received TÜV Rheinland certification for its 210mm and 182mm n-type TOPCon modules.