Americas

Ahead of the forthcoming PV CellTech 2020 Online event, on 27-29 October 2020, PV-Tech’s head of research and Chair of PV CellTech, Dr, Finlay Colville discussed with Gunter Erfurt, the CEO of Meyer Burger, some of the major changes at the company in 2020. Dr. Finlay Colville asked the questions to Gunter Erfurt, CEO at Meyer Burger.

Inverter manufacturer SolarEdge has joined forces with Schneider Electric to develop a solution the companies say will allow homeowners to control how their solar energy is produced, used and stored.

US utility Vistra has selected First Solar’s Series 6 modules to power six new PV projects in Texas as it ramps up its renewable energy portfolio.

Iberdrola has cemented its status in the US renewables market by acquiring regulated utilities arm PNM Resources in a deal worth US$8.3 billion.

Indiana’s solar capacity is set to surge in the next three years as the state’s second-biggest utility unveils plans to develop three large-scale projects.

Tesla has said its strategy to deliver the lowest-cost solar rooftop installations in the US is paying off after it witnessed a doubling of installs in Q3 2020.

LONGi has completed delivery of 101MW of bifacial panels to a utility-scale solar array coming forward in Chile’s Antofagasta region.

AES Gener has broken ground on a 112MW / 560MWh battery energy storage project in Chile, said to be Latin America’s largest such facility to date.

A round-up of the latest news from the solar project development and finance sub-sectors, including news from Canadian Solar, Capital Dynamics and Huawei.

The cost of generating energy from utility-scale solar and wind continues to decline and maintain competitiveness with the marginal cost existing fossil fuel-powered plants.