Switching to full renewables by 2050 in line with climate goals would see global solar create 22 million of a total 35 million new energy sector jobs, with batteries employing 4.5 million.
Recently, during part of travels to Asia region, I took the opportunity to meet up with Q CELLS CTO Daniel Jeong, to discuss new developments at Q CELLS and also share some thoughts on the industry and manufacturing trends today.
Ahead of Solar Power International 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has set a roadmap to achieving several key goals for the PV industry over the next 10 years.
Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, JinkoSolar has set its sights on PV module shipments globally in 2019 reaching between 14GW to 15GW, which would be a new industry record for a module manufacturer after setting a new shipment benchmark of 11.4GW in 2018.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Canadian Solar has named an acting CEO as founder Dr. Shawn Qu recovers at hospital after being injured in an accident.
Conglomerate forced to take tax benefit hit after investing in bankrupt Californian solar firm, raided by the FBI in December over Ponzi-style fraud allegations.
SEIA calls for ‘cultural change’ as stats depict white male-dominated industry and Momentum Solar becomes latest firm to face discrimination court case.
PV equipment and technology specialist, Amtech Systems is to sell its solar manufacturing equipment subsidiaries that included Tempress and SoLayTec to focus its semiconductor sector business.
