The US Department of Commerce has found that five Chinese solar PV manufacturers have been circumventing its import tariffs by relocating minor portions of their supply chains to Southeast Asia.
US renewable energy developer Greenvolt Power Actualize has signed three power purchase agreements (PPAs) with a total capacity of 97MWdc with a major US utility.
A recent report covered by PV Tech suggested that solar power purchase agreement (PPA) prices in North America have dropped for the first time since the first quarter of 2020, but this could hardly be a long term trend as multiple challenges will prevent the prices from falling.
US Solar manufacturer CubicPV has contracted Arcadis, a design and consultancy firm, to provide architectural and engineering services for its 10GW silicon wafer manufacturing facility in the US.
Solar module manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has posted a slightly dropped financial performance as its adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2023 decreased by 2.4% to US$30.2 million.
Thin-film solar PV manufacturer First Solar has confirmed the Louisiana location of its fifth US manufacturing facility, a 3.5GW, US$1.1 billion dollar Cadmium Telluride (CadTel) module production factory.
SPI Energy's PV manufacturing subsidiary Solar4America has said that it will start manufacturing heterojunction technology (HJT) n-type solar cells in the US by the end of 2024.