Solar manufacturing moving onshore and prospering
Efforts to establish solar manufacturing in the United States, on the back of generous Inflation Reduction Act subsidies, have had mixed results. While module assembly facilities appeared swiftly, cell production capacity trails far behind and current policy uncertainty is leaving more questions than answers for solar manufacturers of all sizes.
Global path leads to solar manufacturing in Indianapolis
Lead quality engineer of Bila Solar shares with pv magazine USA his photovoltaic path from India to the United States to China and back again to embrace solar ingenuity and excitement he deems sure to keep spreading.
Clean energy leaders express approval of Trump’s domestic mineral executive order
The executive order calls for expedited permitting along with funding and loans for mining projects that could serve the domestic manufacturing of energy storage, electric vehicle batteries, solar modules and more.
Inlyte Energy moves toward U.S. manufacturing of iron-sodium batteries
The startup’s collaboration with the Swiss company, Horien Salt Battery Solutions, is set to accelerate the commercialization of its low-cost, long-duration energy storage technology.
The current state of U.S. polysilicon production
Despite rising tariffs on imports and a looming U.S. Department of Commerce investigation, American solar-grade polysilicon production is expected to keep pace with the growth of the domestic PV supply chain.
Mission Solar announces 2 GW solar cell manufacturing in Texas
The company will invest $265 million in a cell factory that is expected to create 500 jobs.
Commerce finds Chinese cross-border subsidies, hikes proposed duties on imports from Vietnam
The U.S. Department of Commerce dramatically raised tariffs on imports from Chinese solar producers operating in Vietnam after the agency concluded that China is subsidizing raw materials for its companies to use in their Vietnamese factories.
Trump order rescinds Defense Production Act application to solar manufacturing
President Biden invoked the law to increase domestic solar manufacturing and support energy efficiency buildout.
Supply deal struck between U.S. steel frame maker and Texas solar module manufacturer
Origami Solar will supply its steel module frames to Sirius PV’s module manufacturing facility with 2 GW annual output.
Moment Energy gives a second life to spent EV batteries
The British Columbia-based startup creates custom BESS using retired modules from Nissan and Mercedes-Benz and is gearing to launch large-scale manufacturing.
