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In this blog, PV Tech explores how the upcoming Australian federal election could impact the rollout of renewables and solar PV.

Highlights in this edition include: The solar backlash pushing developers to raise their game, rising module prices and PV underperformance.

"With the advent of AI, we’re able to take that 15-minute turnaround, at best, and take it down to 30 seconds," claims Sunnova's Jake Wachman.

President Trump's tariffs could simultaneously hamper US renewables manufacturing and make imported products more expensive, PV Tech heard.

PV Talk: “Our best chance of establishing a viable solar industry is in partnership with China,” Brett Hallam tells PV Tech Premium.

The origin of solar cells has had an impact on the price of US solar modules in the past few months, according to a report from solar and storage software company Anza.

Hugo Sánchez Ortiz reports on some of the findings of research into how best to balance land use for energy and food production.

ANALYSIS: As President Trump makes his first move to reduce support for US PV manufacturing, attention is turning to the far more significant Inflation Reduction Act.

PV Talk: Ben Hertz-Shargel, global head of grid edge at Wood Mackenzie, discusses the challenges of meeting huge growth in power demand from the tech sector and the measures being adopted to tackle the issue.

Goldi Solar tells PV Tech Premium that plans to scale up operations from 3GW to 14GW would not have been possible without using AI.