Markets & Finance

A round-up of news from the US solar sector this week, including Akuo, Meta and RWE.

A group of minority shareholders in Norwegian silicon firm REC Silicon has triggered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the closure of the company’s US polysilicon production site.

JUWI Renewable Energies, a subsidiary of German construction group JUWI, has signed a 220MW solar module supply agreement with JA Solar.

Adapture Renewables and Meta have signed two EAPAs that will see the latter acquire power from a 360MW Texas solar portfolio.

Emmvee has secured INR15 billion (US$174 million) order for TOPCon bifacial solar modules from KPI Green Energy. 

The Spanish government has approved a series of measures aimed at reinforcing the electrical system and strengthening the supervision of operators.

State-owned firm Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has launched a solar-plus-storage tender seeking 1.2GW of solar PV.

The French National Assembly has rejected a proposal to implement a moratorium on utility-scale solar and wind projects.

First Solar has sold US$311.8 million in tax credits to “a leading financial institution” under the rules set out in the IRA.

Spanish energy utility giant Iberdrola has appointed the former CEO of its US renewable energy development subsidiary, Avangrid, as its new head.