Americas

Residential solar installer Lumio has filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

The Q3 2024 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download, focussing on the US grid.

Maxeon has published losses of US$7.8 million, alongside falling module shipments, in its financial results covering Q2 2024.

The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has raised R$1.14 billion (US$200 million) to support the development of 402MW of new solar capacity.

Canadian Solar will serve as an OEM partner to Solarcycle, while the recycling firm will be the manufacturer’s preferred recycling partner.

In its 3Q 2024 Global PV Market Outlook, the commodity market research firm BNEF has revised its target for solar PV additions in 2024 to reach 592GW.

The stalking horse bid from Complete Solaria was set at US$45 million earlier this month when SunPower filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The Bureau of Land Management has proposed using 31 million acres of public land for the development of solar PV across 11 US western states.

The US distributed solar sector added 808,349 new operational systems in 2023, a record figure for a 12-month period.

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.