Americas

Developer rPlus Energies has broken ground on a solar PV plant in Utah, US, co-located with 1.6GWh of battery storage.

The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has launched a draft standard to help US companies meet traceability requirements.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has established a dispute panel to assess the compliance of IRA tax credits with WTO rules.

Entergy commissioned a 100MW project in the state of Arkansas, while Ammper Power and Elawan signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Texas.

The 1GW PV portfolio and energised line acquisition in Chile will double the solar capacity of Grenergy's Oasis de Atacama project.

The Nasdaq Stock Market has moved to delist Maxeon from its global select market following the fall of its share price below US$0.10.

Australia has confirmed that the first round of the Quad Clean Energy Supply Chains Diversification Program will open in November 2024.

Hoymiles has started commercial operations at its first overseas factory, a manufacturing facility in Monterrey, Mexico.

The total solar workforce in the US reached nearly 280,000 workers at the end of 2023, according to IREC's Solar Jobs Census report.

The world is on pace to add 593GW of new solar power capacity in 2024, a 29% increase over the capacity added in 2023.