Americas

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will invest US$71 million into specific solar manufacturing projects across the value chain.

Spanish energy utility Iberdrola has taken full ownership of its US subsidiary Avangrid for a total of US$2.551 billion.

The 480MW CEME1 PV project in Chile has started commercial operation, and is the country’s largest solar project by capacity.

US renewable energy developer Arevon Energy has broken ground on a 228MW solar PV project in Indiana.

A win by the US Republican Party in this year’s election could decelerate the country’s energy transition and reverse decarbonisation policies.

Currently, over 50% of US solar installations, including residential, C&I and large scale ground mounted solar, have come online since 2020.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has initiated investigations into solar cell imports from Southeast Asia under the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariffs.

US solar cell and module manufacturer Silfab Solar has completed a tax credit transfer deal with energy software company Schneider Electric.

Residential solar installations in California since the introduction of the NEM 3.0 have been roughly equal to the amount in the prior year.

DE Shaw Renewable Investments has launched commercial operations at its 80MW Elektron solar project in the US state of Utah.