Markets & Finance

On Saturday (31 August), the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) opened the first round of its AUS$1 billion Solar Sunshot programme.

The stalking horse bid from Complete Solaria was set at US$45 million earlier this month when SunPower filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The Bureau of Land Management has proposed using 31 million acres of public land for the development of solar PV across 11 US western states.

Major Chinese solar manufacturer JinkoSolar has posted increased sequential shipments and revenues in its Q2 2024 results.

A report from Ember estimates that 39GW of agriPV could be deployed above shade-benefitting crops such as berries.

LONGi Solar said that wafer prices had continued to fall below the cost since the second quarter of the year.

The US added 142,000 jobs to its clean energy sector in 2023, accounting for more than half of all new jobs added to the US energy industry.

Axpo will offtake a combined 1,500GWh of solar PV and wind power annually from RWE Renewables Poland’s 628MW capacity project portfolio.

Ontario’s request for proposal will seek nearly all technologies – solar PV, wind, nuclear, natural gas, biomass and hydroelectric – while limiting solar PV’s deployment on agricultural land.

Fortescue Metals is aiming to capitalise on China’s “insatiable demand for green products” through green metals production and exports.