Americas

The Trump administration has stifled solar and other renewables development on public lands in the US, achieving less than the Obama administration and hindering the country’s renewable energy transition.

Financial services giant Wells Fargo has turned to Shell Energy to procure around 150,000MWh of solar power under new power purchase agreements.

Amazon’s multi-billion-dollar Climate Pledge Fund will help support low carbon technologies including those in energy generation and storage.

Adding energy storage can boost solar PV project revenues by as much as 50% in the US state of Massachusetts, US developer Stem Inc has claimed.

A round-up of recent news from the US solar market, as US government bodies launch a new initiative to boost the cybersecurity of solar developments while an ex-First Solar president joins a California-based tracker company.

Measures designed to support solar and other renewables in the US have been proposed within a landmark US$1.5 trillion infrastructure investment Bill, tabled by House Democrats.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has been selected to provide bifacial modules for Chile’s first hybrid utility-scale solar-plus-wind farm.

Meyer Burger Technology has officially set in motion plans to become a dedicated manufacturer of heterojunction (HJT) solar modules in Europe and the US and exclusively use its technology in-house, forgoing its PV equipment supplier and JV business models.

The global solar industry continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and chart its role in the recovery, with numerous stories this week lauding the PV sector’s potential to lead from the front.

A total of 15 attorneys general have leapt to the defence of solar net metering in the US, adding to the chorus of support for the domestic PV framework seen this week.