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Robert Klein, who previously ran the company's Brazilian business, will assume the role from 1st January, 2025.

TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy is Maxeon's largest shareholder and invested almost US$200 million in the company this year.

The decision has been forecast for some months and was welcomed today by Holland Solar, the Dutch solar association, which acknowledged that the current scheme is “no longer sustainable”.

Chinese solar PV manufacturer TCL Zhonghuan has appointed Wang Yanjun as its new chief executive officer (CEO).

Solar PV is set to account for 80% of the 5,500GW of new clean energy additions made by 2030, according to the IEA.

Swiss-owned PV manufacturer Meyer Burger has appointed Franz Richter as its new CEO, less than a week after Gunter Erfurt stepped down .

The total solar workforce in the US reached nearly 280,000 workers at the end of 2023, according to IREC's Solar Jobs Census report.

The company announced a 'strategic realignment' of its operations to 'ensure [a] return to profitability'.

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.

Zvi Lando had been in the post for five years and served as SolarEdge’s VP of global sales for ten years prior to that.