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Indian solar manufacturer Premier Energies has put under review its plan to build a solar cell plant in the US due to policy uncertainty.

The site will produce 3GW of passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) crystalline silicon solar cells by Q3 2025, ES Foundry said in an announcement.

US president Donald Trump has brought in new tariffs on China with 10% and Canada with 25%, while Mexico tariffs have been halted for a month.

The portfolio comprises two projects: the 163MW Starr Solar in Starr County and the 125MW Second Division Solar project in Brazoria County.

The company announced last week that the Desert Quartzite project in Riverside County, California, began operations in December 2024.

In total, 30 of the projects are solar PV – either utility-scale or distributed energy generation (DER) – and would add 2.8GW of capacity.

National Grid Renewables has begun construction on a solar project in Ohio and completed construction on two others in Minnesota.

The average solar power purchase agreement (PPA) price remained constant between the third and fourth quarters of 2024 in North America.

Independent power producer (IPP) Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company has secured US$950 million in aggregate financing to support the acquisition, construction and operation of a 500MWac solar PV power plant being pursued in the state of New York, US.

The SSI has now reinstated JA Solar’s membership “with immediate effect” after an investigation, in contrast with the US government.