Sunrise brief: Unraveling the IRA’s domestic content rules
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Unraveling the IRA’s domestic content rules
Clean Energy Associates (CEA) made a presentation in a recent pv magazine webinar about domestic content bonuses available under the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). CEA Senior Policy Analyst Christian Roselund provides some takeaways.
Strengthening the solar supply chain
From Covid disruptions to concerns about forced labor to volatile prices, the U.S. has been dealing with a myriad of supply chain disruptions. What we need now is certainty.
How local is local in solar manufacturing?
With more than 50 GW of module manufacturing announcements made in the United States, annual production capacity will exceed demand by 2025, says S&P Global’s Alex Kaplan.
Silfab Solar signs agreement with NorSun for U.S.-made wafers
NorSun recently raised $8.5 million in new equity to further develop clean energy manufacturing projects in the United States, including a 5 GW ingot and wafer production facility.
How the Inflation Reduction Act clean energy programs benefit U.S. communities and business
One year after the introduction of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), its funding opportunities are coming to fruition and the community benefits are real.
Sunrise brief: The Inflation Reduction Act springs into action to benefit U.S. communities and business
Also on the rise: Regulatory gaps in solar inverters: The pressing need for oversight. Silfab Solar signs agreement with NorSun for U.S.-made wafers. And more.
How developers can capitalize on IRA support for community solar financing
The incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act are combining with an evolving distributed generation market and investors’ greater appetite for community solar to drive an uptick in renewable project financing and deployment.
DOE supports retooling of U.S. automotive factories for electric vehicle revolution
The Department of Energy $15.5 billion package will provide grants and loans to retrofit existing manufacturing centers, and bolster battery manufacturing, with a focus on high-quality jobs.
Non-lithium long-duration battery to join Salt River Project
The 5 MW, 10-hour-duration Desert Blume project will use CMBlu’s Organic Solid-Flow non-lithium technology.
