Speculation on lawsuit against Biden’s two year tariff pause
ROTH Capital suggests that Auxin might be readying a set of lawsuits seeking to overturn Biden’s two year suspension of tariffs against circumventing solar companies.
CubicPV plans 10 GW of conventional silicon wafer production
With $26M in new funding, CubicPV announces plans to manufacture silicon wafers in the United States, filling a critical gap in the U.S. solar supply chain.
Ultium Cells closes on $2.5 billion DOE loan for three U.S. battery manufacturing plants
The battery cell manufacturing company is a joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors.
Sunrise brief: New Mexico to require smart inverters
Also on the rise: First Solar joins Enphase and SolarEdge on the S&P 500 Index. A solar-powered camper boat. And more.
First Solar becomes third clean energy company to join S&P 500 Index
Tempe, Arizona-based First Solar is planning 10 GWdc of new solar module manufacturing capacity in Ohio and Alabama by 2025.
NanoGraf to produce advanced battery materials in facility near Chicago
New headquarters will help onshore advanced silicon anode materials for U.S. battery supply chain.
“Dragon scale” solar panels chosen for new space station housing units
Space station developer Gravitics selected mPower for its interconnected mesh of silicon-based solar panels.
Sunrise brief: Don’t let the solar lights go out in California
Also on the rise: American Battery Factory chooses Tucson as the place for giga-plant. Biden admin wants to shore up resiliency with solar-plus-storage in Puerto Rico. And more.
How clean energy technologies achieve commercial success
Analysts study lab-to-market pathways for clean energy technologies including a look at the development of First Solar’s cadmium-telluride thin film solar modules.
Even with tariffs in place, there’s still room for growth in solar installations
A significant volume of solar cells and wafers made in southeast Asia by the largest solar manufacturers in the world, including Jinko, JA Solar, LONGi, Trina, may have the opportunity to legally avoid the tariffs.
