Americas

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has detained solar modules produced by Vietnam-based solar manufacturer VSUN under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).

PV Talk: Toyo's Rhone Resch talks about the company’s US strategy and its work to build a localised, vertically-integrated supply chain.

US independent power producer (IPP) Matrix Renewables has begun operations on the 210MW Stillhouse solar PV project in Bell County, Texas.

US residential solar installer Freedom Forever has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid a broad set of litigation claims.

The average price of a solar power purchase agreement (PPA) signed in Europe fell to €55.05/MWh (US$64.83/MWh) in the first quarter of 2026.

The US community solar sector passed 10GW DC of cumulative capacity in late 2025, according to a report by Wood Mackenzie and the Coalition for Community Solar Access.

Kiwa PVEL has updated its solar module Production Qualification Program to better assess the performance of solar PV modules.

Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger has signed four bills into law that will add 625MW of new community solar capacity by 2028.

US-based PV manufacturer Suniva is to open a new solar cell manufacturing facility in Laurens, South Carolina.

The US Department of Energy has proposed sweeping cuts to its research laboratories, including the National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly the National Renewable Energy Laboratory).