Americas

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to release US$20 million in funding for solar waste reduction and lifecycle technologies, including US$8 million of funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

With solar-plus-storage project development increasing across the globe, PV Tech looked at its current challenges and advantages.

Argentina’s latest renewables auction awarded more than 630MW of capacity out of 620MW initially intended, of which 501.1MW from solar PV.

Japanese conglomerate Itochu Corporation has announced a plan to invest US$2 billion in renewable energy generation assets in the US and Canada.

Brazilian mining company Vale's Sol do Cerrado solar energy complex has reached full installed capacity of 766MW.

Module manufacturer Meyer Burger has planned to build a solar cell plant in Colorado, the US, with an initial annual capacity of 2GW.

The Chilean government has awarded Spanish renewable power company EDP Renewables tenders to build 323MW of new clean power projects.

Utility-scale solar will overtake coal in North Carolina's net electricity generation thanks to the declining costs of deploying solar, but the leading position in solar deployment will be threatened in the upcoming years.

A new steel mill in Temple, Texas will supply steel tubing to solar tracker supplier Array Technologies for use in its deployments at utility-scale PV projects in the US.

Invenergy has started commercial operations at its 200MW Calhoun Solar Energy Center, its first operational project in Michigan.