Americas

The foundations of a solar project offer multiple opportunities for driving down system costs. Arash Yazdani of PRI Engineering describes some of the key steps involved in investigating the specific conditions of a project site and developing a foundation design that will stand the test of time.

North America is expected to be the major market for solar trackers in the upcoming years driven by increased installations in the US.

US developer Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has secured US$1.25 billion in construction warehouse facility to support the construction of its portfolio in the US.

The US Solar Energy Manufacturers for America (SEMA) coalition has reiterated its calls for an update to the Domestic Content tax credit for solar products.

US solar racking producer Unirac has said that its mounting and racking systems can help solar developers qualify for Domestic Content tax credits.

Even though the solar PV market in Ecuador is currently non-existent, with only a few projects operational and mostly in the distributed generation market, it is about to take off, says José Luis García Pérez, Latin America’s CEO at Spanish developer Zelestra, formerly known as Solarpack.

IRENA has found that the world’s renewable power capacity will need to increase by 16.4%, year-on-year, to meet the world’s climate targets.

The Pomerantz Law Firm has brought a class action lawsuit against Singapore-headquartered solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies concerning whether “Maxeon and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.”

Dimension Renewable Energy has announced a new name and a plan to operate 500MW community solar projects by the end of next year.

US energy project developer Avangrid has installed the first modules at its 202MWdc/150MWac Powell Creek PV project in Putnam County, Ohio.