supply chains

Ensuring effective legislation, but not getting bogged down in bureaucracy, could make or break the EU’s Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which is set to come into effect in 2026.

A new report from Ember Climate has found that cumulative global solar manufacturing capacity will almost double solar deployment by 2030.

Finlay Colville noted that a greater emphasis on domestic manufacturing “changes the whole supply chain,” at the UK Solar Summit.

David Lee, the chairman and CEO of JinkoSolar has said he remains “bullish” in the face of a looming industry downturn.

Booming solar deployment in has led to fears that a bottleneck in the availability of contractors could squeeze project completion rates.

OMCO Solar has opened its sixth manufacturing facility in the US, and will provide backrails for First Solar’s new Series 7 modules.

Trina Solar plans to build a new module manufacturing facility in the US state of Texas, with a production capacity of 5GW.

Silfab Solar and NorSun plan to expand ingot and wafer production facilities in the US, to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act.

The ANSI has allowed the SEIA to develop 11 new standards governing solar generation and battery storage in the US.

The UN secretary-general, António Guterres, has issued a stark warning concerning the “dismal litany of humanity’s failure to tackle climate disruption” in an speech in which he set out “five critical actions to jumpstart the renewable energy transition”.