Americas

Solar PV manufacturer QCells has announced that Dr. Danielle Merfield will join the company as its new global chief technology officer, with a view to accelerating its US technological advances.

US independent power producer (IPP) Navisun has secured financing of up to US$235 million through two debt facilities, which it says will contribute to its growth strategy and executing its project pipeline.

JinkoSolar has finished 2022 with 44.5GW of solar modules shipped globally and expects to have 60% of all shipments in 2023 from its n-type products.

US PV manufacturer Silfab has closed a US$125 million investment led by ARC Financial Corp to fund a 1GW solar cell manufacturing facility in the US.

After the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, solar PV and storage are expected to create up to 115,000 manufacturing workers in the US by 2030.

The combined effects of the ongoing anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariff investigation and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) curbed US solar deployments in 2022, according to a joint report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.

US utility Duke Energy’s subsidiary, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS), has started operating a 250MW solar PV plant in Navarro County, Texas.

Solar module supplier Maxeon Solar Technologies’ has forecast to register positive adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2023.

Solar energy company Sol Systems has announced a renewables procurement and investment strategy with Google to develop new PV projects in the US.

Growing commercial crops on solar farms could increase solar panel performance and longevity, according to a recent study conducted by Cornell University.