Tag: domestic
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Biden Administration commits $45M to fund dual-use solar technology
As part the Biden Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $45 million in funding, including $18 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to support pilot manufacturing of solar components. Specifically, it will support the development of new U.S.-made dual-use solar technologies such as agrivoltaics, building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), floating solar……
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Enphase debuts U.S. inverter manufacturing with President Biden (watch the livestream here at 1 p.m. ET)
Domestic content is now a buzzword in solar, thanks to the U.S. manufacturing incentives and the 10% domestic content investment tax credit adder included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Much of the focus has been on solar module manufacturing, but solar inverter manufacturing in the United States has been practically nonexistent — until today….…
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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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Treasury Dept. issues complex guidance for calculating U.S. module domestic content
Calculating the domestic content costs for solar modules assembled in the U.S. will be tricky, judging by preliminary guidance issued by the Treasury Department today. U.S.-manufactured modules will need to source all of their major components (including cells) from the United States, in order for the full cost of the fully assembled module to be……
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First Solar helps revitalize Pennsylvania glass manufacturing
The Vitro Architectural Glass business is getting a shot in the arm as part of the U.S. solar manufacturing boom. Headquartered in Cheswick, Pa., Vitro entered into an agreement to manufacture glass for the largest domestic producer of solar modules, First Solar. Ricardo Maiz, President of Vitro Architectural Glass, said this investment is a pivotal……