Americas

Silfab Solar and NorSun plan to expand ingot and wafer production facilities in the US, to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Solar tracker supplier Nextracker has unveiled three new products aimed to address hail storms, undulating terrain and rapid change in atmospheric conditions.

Nextracker’s NX Horizon Hail Pro offers an industry-first solar tracker solution to the threat of hailstorms for utility-scale solar installations.

US renewable energy company Enfinity Global has signed a €400 million (US$428.34) agreement with asset manager ICG to spur near-term growth.

The SEIA and Wood Mackenzie have released their latest report into US solar, and expect the industry to add 32GW of new capacity this year.

Global module capacities are on track to reach 866GW by the end of 2023, more than doubling the existing capacity at the end of 2022.

Encina has launched its first “investment vehicle”, to raise US$300 million to invest into new renewable power and storage projects in the US.

PV Tech Premium looks at how the Inflation Reduction Act could help in redeveloping closed-down US coal assets to host solar PV projects.

Pattern Energy has started the construction of its 3GW SunZia Transmission project that will offer clean power to western states of the US.