The report identified access to capital and upfront investment as the key method by which the government could support the expansion of a PV manufacturing industry in Australia.
The US secretary of the Treasury, Janet L. Yellen, has said the US “wouldn’t want to rule out” protective trade measures to combat overcapacity of solar PV and energy storage manufacturing in China.
The Chinese government has requested the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute consultations with the US over subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Since 2023, the main concern facing solar PV project developers in Europe has shifted from supply and module pricing to inadequate grid availability, as reflected in a number of discussions at the Large Scale Solar Europe 2024 conference in Lisbon this week.