Americas

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released US$45 million in funding to support domestic solar manufacturing and dual-use PV projects, US$18 million of which is issued under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Solar manufacturing jobs in the US will more than triple in the next 10 years, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.

US thin-film module manufacturer First Solar has secured a five-year revolving credit and guarantee facility for US$1 billion.

Nordic Solar and EIG have signed an agreement on what the former calls a “flexible credit facility” to funding for the Nordic Solar's projects

The Colombian ministry of mining and energy has unveiled a 290MW coal plant will decarbonise its activity and convert it to solar PV and energy storage.

Canadian-headquartered power producer Capital Power has signed a supply agreement with US thin film solar module manufacturer First Solar in the first cooperation between the two companies.

Goldbeck Solar has secured a loan of €44 million to fund four new solar PV plants, with a combined capacity of 93MWp, in Canada and Chile.

Microinverter supplier Enphase Energy has inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Columbia, South Carolina in partnership with international manufacturing company Flex. It is the first of up to six planned US facilities, Enphase has said.

PV Tech spoke during Intersolar 2023 with PV manufacturer Qn-SOLAR about the company's move from EPC to manufacturer and its plans for the future.

The world is increasing its installed solar PV capacity as 1TW will be added annually by 2030, while the annual polysilicon and wafer production capacity will continue to rise, according to the report Powering a Green Future: A Forecast to 2030 for Solar, Wind, and Energy Storage published by Taiwanese renewables research firm InfoLink Consulting.