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2024/04/30US solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker has completed an expansion of its manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania, US, increasing the manufacturing capacity to 4GW.
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PV module price increase ‘hard to imagine’ in Europe, ‘no barrier’ for Chinese PV companiesAn increase in solar module prices is “hard to imagine unless there is a massive shortage in supply,” according to PV Tech head of research Finlay Colville, who spoke this morning at the Solar and Storage Live 2024 event in London.30 Apr,2024
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NREL publishes research into ‘femtosecond’ laser welding process to improve solar module recyclingThe US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report into the use of laser welding processes in solar module production, which researchers suggest could make the panels easier to recycle.29 Apr,2024
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EU parliament approves Net-Zero Industry Act to back clean energy productionThe European Parliament has approved the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), aiming to produce 40% of its annual deployment needs in net zero technologies by 2030.29 Apr,2024
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Big interview: PVcase’s David Trainavicius on tackling the solar sector’s “data risk”As the global solar sector grows, in both scale of deployments and volume of capital, there is an increasingly unwieldy volume of information in the industry. Data concerning optimal solar irradiance hours, plant performance and equipment maintenance and repair are all becoming increasingly commonplace in the solar sector, but this abundance of information could bring as many challenges as opportunities for a sector undergoing rapid change.28 Apr,2024