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2 days ago | 
pv-tech.org | Will Norman
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs against solar cell imports from Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia. In its final affirmative determinations for the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariff investigation, the DOC announced steep tariffs on solar cell imports, whether assembled into modules or not, from the four countries.
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1 week ago | 
pv-tech.org | Will Norman
Europe is being buffeted by geopolitical storms.
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1 week ago | 
pv-tech.org | Will Norman
US residential solar company Complete Solaria will change its name to SunPower, resurrecting the name of one of the longest-running US solar companies, which folded last year. Complete Solaria acquired parts of SunPower’s business late last year following the latter’s declaration of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This article requires Premium SubscriptionBasic (FREE) SubscriptionUnlock unlimited access for 12 whole months of distinctive global analysisPhotovoltaics International is now included.
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1 week ago | 
pv-tech.org | Will Norman
Solar PV and energy storage technology will need policy support to reach “economically optimal” levels for the global energy transition, according to the latest forecast by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BloomberNEF). The New Energy Outlook 2025 report forecast that global renewable energy capacity will increase by 84% in the next five years and double again by 2050, serving 67% of global electricity demand.
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1 week ago | 
pv-tech.org | Will Norman
Korean chemical firm OCI Holdings has reportedly paused public listing plans for its Malaysian polysilicon business amid global stock market uncertainty. OCI Holdings still plans to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) but has slowed the process for the time being, according to a Bloomberg report published yesterday.
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1 week ago | 
pv-tech.org | Will Norman
US renewable energy company Sunraycer Renewables has closed a US$475 million project financing facility for two solar-plus-storage projects in Texas. Financing was closed with MUFG Bank, Nomura Securities International and Norddeutsche Landesbank Girzonentrale (Nord/LB). This article requires Premium SubscriptionBasic (FREE) SubscriptionUnlock unlimited access for 12 whole months of distinctive global analysisPhotovoltaics International is now included.
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1 week ago | 
pv-tech.org | Will Norman
Texas-based renewables developer Vesper Energy has begun commercial operations on its 600MW Hornet Solar project. The project, located over six square miles in Swisher County, Texas, is one of the largest single-phase PV projects in the US, comprising over 1.36 million solar modules, Vesper said. The company completed the construction of the site in January.
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1 week ago | 
pv-tech.org | Will Norman
Masdar, the UAE state-run renewables developer, has signed two agreements with the Indonesian electricity firm PT PLN to expand floating solar capacity on the Indonesian island of Java. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will see them develop a floating PV project at the Jatigede Dam reservoir in West Java.
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1 week ago | 
pv-tech.org | Will Norman
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will “transform” the energy sector over the next decade, according to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). A “surge” in electricity demand from AI-driven data centres and the concurrent harnessing of AI to optimise and reduce energy sector emissions could be defining features of the next decade in global energy, the IEA said. However, significant uncertainties remain around the extent and shape of this impact.
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1 week ago | 
pv-tech.org | Will Norman
Four Republican US senators have signed an open letter urging a “stable and predictable” approach to tax credits supporting domestic energy projects in the US. Addressed to Senate majority leader John Thune, Republican senators Lisa Murkowski, John Curtis, Thom Tillis, and Jerry Moran warned against a “full-scale repeal” of the current US energy tax credit provisions, “including some from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
