Markets & Finance

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.

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.

India could fall 100GW short of its 2030 renewable capacity deployment goals, according to a new report by think tank Ember Climate.

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.

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

PV Tech spoke to Astronergy chief marketing officer Samuel Zhang about the company's successes in 2024, and impact of patent disputes.

PV Talk: SolarEdge general manager of Europe Christian Carraro on the "niche applications" of which European solar can take advantage.