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With the United States on the cusp of an IRA-driven surge in utility-scale PV deployment, Mark Bolinger and Joachim Seel of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory cover key technology and market trends in this synopsis of their annual “Utility-Scale Solar” report series.

Polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon has decided to shut down its polysilicon production capacity at its Butte facility in Montana, US.

CubicPV has abandoned its plans for a 10GW solar wafer manufacturing facility in the US and is "restructuring" to focus on perovskite module development.

US community solar developer Summit Ridge Energy has selected Castillo Engineering to provide design and engineering services on an 82MW portfolio of projects in Illinois, US.

Tyr Energy Development Renewables (TED), a US-based renewable energy subsidiary of Japanese “sogo shosha” trading company Itochu corporation, has completed development of 333MW worth of solar PV in the US.

Solar developer Recurrent Energy has secured US$160 million in project financing for its 127MW PV project in Louisiana, US.

An increase in shipping times and freight rates due to violence in the Red Sea could carry implications for renewable energy and solar products heading to Europe and the US.

US solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker has seen high deliveries in its US business with a 70% year-on-year increase in the third quarter of its fiscal year 2024, driving 38% quarterly revenue growth.

US solar developer Vesper Energy has closed US$590 million in financing for its 600MW Hornet solar project in Swisher County, Texas.

Under the deal, SFK will purchase a portion of the RECs from the power developed at Clearway’s 452MW solar PV project in Texas, US.