Tag: Clean Energy Associates

  • CEA expects no major impact on solar PV imports after anti-circumvention case ruling

    Advisory firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA) expects solar PV import volumes and prices to remain largely unchanged following the U.S. Department of Commerce issuing its final determination in the anti-circumvention case regarding imports of solar PV cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam on Aug. 18. Because Commerce’s final decision is similar to……

  • Roofs of hazard: Major safety issues found on majority of C&I solar roofs

    The following article appears in the Q3 2023 issue of Solar Builder magazine. Subscribe for free (print, digital, or both) right here. The “What’s Going Wrong?” section in our Q1 2023 issue called out the hazards often seen in commercial and industrial (C&I) rooftop solar systems. Since then, two third-party solar auditors published bombshell reports……

  • CEA reports ‘major safety issues’ in 97 percent of solar rooftop audits

    Hot on the heels of HelioVolta’s report that over 60 percent of its solar PV system audits uncover major safety issues, Clean Energy Associates has another bombshell stat: Reporting major safety issues in 97% of 600 solar rooftops audited. Those 600 rooftops are scattered around 12 countries, spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia……

  • 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……

  • CEA: North America is fastest growing battery cell manufacturing region

    By the end of 2022, North America had become the fastest growing regional market for planned new battery cell manufacturing plants, according to Clean Energy Associates’ latest Energy Storage System Supplier Market Intelligence Program report. Much of this growth is attributable to incentives provided by the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. Clean Energy Associates’ Energy Storage……