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The financing will go towards the company’s solar cell production and module assembly plant in Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina.

Lenny Tinker, PV program manager at the US DOE SETO, writes how the use of AI and machine learning can help improve solar PV performance.

The company made no mention of solar PV in the role the technology would play in its renewables portfolio for the coming years.

US solar tracker supplier Array Technologies has invested US$3 million in autonomous robotics company Swap Robotics' automated solar panel laying technology.

WoodMackenzie has forecast floating solar PV (FPV) installations to reach 77GW by 2033, with 1.7GW of capacity additions in 2024.

PV Talk: Geoff Ferrell of sonnen tells JP Casey how virtual power plants offer the prospect of lower-cost and lower-carbon power.

Technology companies are the biggest commercial investors into the solar power sector in the US, including Meta, Amazon and Google.

Since filing the complaints, Trinasolar has announced the sale of its Texas solar module manufacturing facility to Freyr Battery.

The inverter helps prevent fires in solar systems but can also cause them if not properly specified. Clean Energy Associates’ Ankil Sanghvi looks at the details of inverter architecture that should be investigated to prevent the worst from happening.

Wood Mackenzie director of energy transition practice, David Brown, said that a Trump administration 'will not change' demand for solar PV in the US in the 'near term'.