Americas

First Solar is facing a class action lawsuit from shareholders over its response to US tariff policy and alleged “misleading” statements about its resilience to the shifting policy landscape.

The government of Mexico has targeted to install 22GW of new renewables by 2030, of which 12GW will be from solar PV.

Over US$121 billion of investment across 92GW of renewables projects in the US is at risk from federal scrutiny, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Chinese PV manufacturer LONGi has unveiled a new containerised solar solution designed for remote off-grid industrial-scale applications.

eBOS hardware, long overlooked in PV design, is now central to solar project cost optimisation as technologies advance, writes Shreeyashi Ojha.

French utility EDF has agreed to sell its renewable energy business in the US and Canada to private equity firm KKR.

US developers Vesper Energy, rPlus Energies and Matrix Renewables have announced a number of project advancements in the US this week.

Toyo Solar has raised around US$50 million to finance the expansion of the company’s cell manufacturing work in Houston, Texas.

Comstock Metals in collaboration with JobsOhio and OhioSE will establish an industrial-scale solar panel recycling plant in Cambridge, Ohio.

A new anti-circumvention inquiry request has been filed with the US Department of Commerce against Hanwha and other solar cell producers regarding the import of solar cells from South Korea to the US.