Manufacturing

US solar energy advocates need to emulate the oil and gas industry and become more effective in political lobbying, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama has said.

The European Commission (EC) has approved a €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) Portuguese state aid scheme to support investments in the production of renewable energy equipment.

Tata Power to build a 2GW module plant in India, while Vikram Solar filed draft papers for its IPO and build a 3GW cell and module plant.

Solex will 'explore' the development of a 2GW solar cell production facility with the capacity to ramp up to 5GW.

New Mexico lawmakers have approved up to US$942 million in bonds to support the development of Ebon Solar’s cell manufacturing facility.

Solar manufacturer SEG Solar has started construction on a 5GW TOPCon vertically integrated – from ingots to modules – solar PV plant in Indonesia.

Heliene has closed a US$50 million tax credit transfer sale to support its cell and module manufacturing expansion in the United States.

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film manufacturer First Solar has inaugurated a 3.5GW facility in Alabama, US.

Utility Puget Sound Energy has signed contracts for a solar PV project developed by Qcells and a standalone battery storage project from Brightnight and Cordelio Power in Washington, US.

Graphene manufacturer First Graphene revealed a supply agreement yesterday (27 September) with Australian perovskite (PV) solar cell manufacturer Halocell Energy to provide a new coating product for the PV cells.