Intersect Power orders 4.9 GW of First Solar modules
Intersect Power expected to be the largest buyer and operator of First Solar technology by 2029.
Sunrise brief: More solar module manufacturing coming to the U.S.
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Enel North America to build 3 GW solar module manufacturing facility in U.S.
The proposed facility will be Enel’s second global PV manufacturing facility after Catania, Sicily, and once completed will be the largest U.S. PV module manufacturing facility.
First Solar names Alabama as site for its fourth U.S. solar manufacturing facility
The company plans to invest approximately $1.1 billion in a 3.5 GW manufacturing facility to be commissioned by 2025.
Sunrise brief: Solar industry requests that Commerce throw out the tariff case
Also on the rise: Tackling soft costs in U.S. residential solar. REC Solar reports disappointing Q3 earnings, dip in poly sales. And more.
REC Silicon Q3 report reveals 24.7% dip in polysilicon sales
The company reports that disappointing earnings are the result of ongoing supply chain constraints affecting global shipments and order timing, indicating that it will pursue an additional price increase in 2023.
JinkoSolar claims 23.86% efficiency for n-type, TOPCon monocrystalline panel
JinkoSolar’s newest PV module has an efficiency rating of 23.86%. It is based on its TOPCon mono cell tech, which achieved a record efficiency of 26.1% in October, as confirmed by TÜV Rheinland.
Philadelphia Solar partners with Translucent to build solar module manufacturing facility in the U.S.
Joint venture with Translucent Energy moves Jordan-based Philadelphia Solar’s planned U.S. manufacturing facility closer to reality.
Commerce pushes preliminary solar antidumping tariff decision to December 1, 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce has delayed its ruling on the anticircumvention/antidumping case levied against four Southeast Asian countries alleged of harboring tariff-dodging solar goods.
The role of solar in the Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 sets aside $369 billion to decarbonize the economy and respond to climate change. pv magazine USA’s Anne Fischer and Ryan Kennedy report on the boost the landmark legislation is expected to provide to solar and battery deployment and manufacturing.
