Americas

The demise of SunPower and the ongoing struggles of Maxeon dominated the news in Q3 2024, along with forecasts of a lengthy industry downturn.

PV Tech looks back at Q2 2024, where a number of critical pieces of US legislation had an impact on the country’s solar sector.

In the final days of 2024, PV Tech is looking back at the stories that dominated the headlines in each quarter of the year.

Located in the northern department of Atlantic, Enel started construction of two solar PV projects, the Guayepo III and Atlántico, with 200MW and 199.5MW of capacity, respectively.

The sale of the three phases represents 23% of the capacity of the Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage project.

The company uses direct “gas-to-wafer” epitaxial technology to produce its solar wafers which achieved 24.4% efficiency on HJT cells.

US utility Alliant Energy has completed construction at two solar projects in the US state of Iowa with a combined capacity of 200MW.

The sites are expected to generate over 120MW of solar power, Nexamp said, across the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois and Minnesota.

The deal will cover power generated at two DESRI facilities in the US, a 250MW project in Missouri and a 150MW project in Texas.

Tax credit transference measures introduced under the Inflation Reduction Act have led to billions of dollars of new investment in solar and other clean energy projects. Alfred Johnson and Katie Bays look at some of the risk mitigation and due diligence best practices that can reduce the complexity and cost of tax credit transactions.