SEIA releases solar policy targets for Trump presidency
SEIA said that its ten-point list of priorities is designed ‘to ensure the US is the world’s dominant solar and storage market.’
EU Roundup: ‘Sand Battery’ for electricity storage, 44MWh France BESS online, Spain funds 3.4GWh of projects
A roundup of energy storage news from across the EU, involving Polar Night Energy’s ‘Sand Battery’ in Finland, GazelEnergie and Q Energy in France, and Spain’s MITECO awarding financial support to 45 projects.
Origami Solar to establish steel module frame facility in Texas
Solar frame producer Origami Solar has partnered with industrial manufacturing services company Unimacts to establish a frame roll-forming manufacturing line in Houston, Texas.
Nextracker delivers first trackers compliant with IRA domestic content manufacturing rules
Nextracker has delivered what it says are the first trackers to comply entirely with the domestic content manufacturing guidelines of the IRA.
US DOE announces provisional US$305 million loan to thermal energy storage player Nostromo
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a conditional commitment to IceBrick Energy, for a loan of up to US$305.54 million to finance Project IceBrick, 9 December.
NREL says thinner, taller solar modules contributing to increased rate of breakages
Larger and thinner PV modules has contributed to increase breakages, although there is no single contributing factor, according to NREL.
Recurrent Energy signs Spanish PPA with ‘major’ US tech firm
Recurrent Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with an unnamed US tech company for a solar project in northern Spain.
Limiting Chinese access to the 45X credit: In conversation with CEA and the SEMA Coalition
Representatives from the SEMA Coalition and CEA told PV Tech that the latest 45X proposal does not represent a threat to the 45X as a whole.
Canadian Solar posts losses and steady shipments in Q3 2024, receives TOPCon certification from DNV
US$14 million net losses for the quarter compared with net income of US$4 million in Q2 2024 and US$22 million in Q3 2023.
US releases final rules for implementation of Section 48 Investment Tax Credit
The US Treasury and IRS have released their final rules for the implementation of the Section 48 Investment Tax Credit (ITC).