Americas

Supply chain woes, spiralling energy prices and the COVID-19 pandemic have reversed the downward trend in average business interruption (BI) claims for renewables developers, with sector-wide average business downtime days up by 38% on 2016.  

TotalEnergies has made its “largest investment in US renewables” to date, acquiring a stake in developer Clearway Energy.

Nextracker will supply 1.5GW of its solar trackers to US independent power producer (IPP) Silicon Ranch as part of a new agreement between the companies.

Canadian Solar has unveiled a new PV manufacturing strategy, bringing more upstream capacity inhouse to reduce its exposure to pricing volatility.

Energy independence strategies and emerging technologies such as floating solar are helping bolster renewables investment across Europe.

Solar testing firm PI Berlin has been acquired by Kiwa Group, bolstering the latter’s growing position in the solar PV field.

Shipping costs will fall in the coming years, but will not fully normalise for at least another five years, PV Tech Insights heard this week.

US solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker has expanded its output with the addition of a new line in Arizona.

PV Tech speaks to Qcells CEO Justin Lee about the manufacturer's recent solar manufacturing capacity expansion, its use of TOPCon as a 'stepping stone' to future cell technologies and its new clean energy strategy.