Americas

The IRS’ guidance on the domestic content tax bonus for solar projects under the IRA “makes it difficult for developers to attempt to access the 10% bonus ITC”, according to Martin Pochtaruk, president of North American solar PV manufacturer Heliene.

The European Investment Bank will loan €300 million to Banco Santander (Brasil) to build 600MWp of small-scale solar in Brazil.

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film module manufacturer First Solar has signed a framework agreement with solar developer Energix Renewables to supply 5GW of modules.

Solargis speaks to PV Tech Premium on the importance of data to better understand extreme weather events and weather variability.

SPI Energy's PV manufacturing subsidiary Solar4America has said that it will start manufacturing heterojunction technology (HJT) n-type solar cells in the US by the end of 2024.

Solar developer Heelstone Renewable Energy has closed a tax equity investment for four solar projects in Georgia, the US, with a cumulative capacity of 320MWdc.

Despite projections that solar PV and wind generation capacity will more than double by 2035, the Texas transmission grid will need to be upgraded to avoid increased asset curtailment across the state.

PV Tech met with the CEO of storage company OPESS Energy, Jiang Wenjie, during last month’s Smarter E Europe exhibition in Munich to learn more about the company, its products and future objectives.

Utility Enel has signed an agreement with Japanese energy company Inpex Corporation to sell half of its Australian operation for US$446.9 million.

Tom Kenning looks at the rise of solar power in Texas, a US state better known for its role in the oil and gas industry, where a beneficial tax regime and an abundance of project land work in favour of building out solar power generation.