Amid potential supply chain bottlenecks as China increases its PV manufacturing dominance, companies in markets such as the US, India and Europe are looking to leverage new policy support to scale up domestic production. Jules Scully charts the industry’s efforts to onshore solar module manufacturing.
Silicon materials producer REC Silicon has concluded a 10-year agreement with South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Solutions to offer fluidised bed reactor (FBR) polysilicon.
Solar PV and solar-wind hybrid project bids in various Indian government schemes which were finalised by before 9 March 2021 but not yet complete have had their deadlines extended to March 2024.
CSI Solar has announced plans to expand its solar and battery storage manufacturing capacity in China, through an investment agreement with the municipal government of Yangzhou City in Jiangsu Province.
Renewable energy, such as wind and solar, is expected to dominate power generation out to 2050 thanks to the continuing cost competitiveness and the adoption of these sources into the power systems. However, significant acceleration in financing and building new capacity remains the challenge to continue the growth, according to the latest edition of bp’s Energy Outlook.
Investment in the global energy transition totaled US$1.1 trillion in 2022 according to analyst firm BloombergNEF, reaching parity with investment in fossil fuels for the first time ever.
Indian solar module manufacturing capacity is forecast to reach around 95GW – up from 39GW at the end of September 2022 – according to research from analyst and consultancy Mercom India Research.
