Category: Green & Clean
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CubicPV plans for U.S. solar wafer production earn investor support
As noted in this piece from CEA in our Q2 2023 issue, U.S. solar module manufacturing is hampered by a lack of domestic component supply. U.S. solar cell facilities are slowly coming online, but ingot and wafers (which become solar cells) are basically nonexistent. CubicPV is seeking to change that, with plans to build a……
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First Solar gives sneak peek at bifacial thin-film solar panel
First Solar announced a limited production run of their first bifacial solar panel utilizing an advanced thin film semiconductor at Intersolar Europe in Munich, Germany. A fully functional pre-commercial Series 6 Plus Bifacial photovoltaic (PV) module will make its industry debut at the event at First Solar’s booth (#520) in Hall A1 from June 14……
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First Solar gives sneak peek at bifacial thin-film solar panel
First Solar announced a limited production run of their first bifacial solar panel utilizing an advanced thin film semiconductor at Intersolar Europe in Munich, Germany. A fully functional pre-commercial Series 6 Plus Bifacial photovoltaic (PV) module will make its industry debut at the event at First Solar’s booth (#520) in Hall A1 from June 14……
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BayWa r.e. agrees to purchase U.S.-made Meyer Burger solar panels
BayWa r.e. plans to procure solar panels from Meyer Burger Technology AG‘s production site in Goodyear, Ariz. The offtake agreement is one of two announced by Meyer Berger in March 2023, resulting in the increase of the annual capacity of their module production in Goodyear from approximately 1.6 GW to approximately 2 GW. As part……
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Onshore outlook: Charting the buildout of deeper domestic PV supply chains
This is an article from the Q2 2023 edition of Solar Builder magazine, written by Christian Roselund, senior policy analyst at Clean Energy Associates. The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was a groundbreaking moment for how the United States addresses the climate crisis, but it is having an even more profound effect by……