Tag: PV modules
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U.S. solar modules and the domestic content challenge
On May 12, the United States Treasury Department issued its long-awaited domestic content guidance for solar projects to qualify for associated Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits. In order for the whole cost of a module to be considered domestic content, not only must the module assembly be undertaken in the U.S., but the cells,……
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Wood Mac: Qcells stays atop U.S. residential, commercial solar leaderboard
Qcells once again leads the solar industry in both U.S. residential and commercial markets, according to a recent report issued by Wood Mackenzie, a leading energy research and consultancy firm. According to Wood Mackenzie’s U.S. PV Leaderboard Report for Q1 2023, Qcells obtained 33.7 percent market share in the U.S. residential solar module market for……
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Qcells, Heliene, Meyer Burger sign on for North America solar glass supply
Canadian Premium Sand Inc. is developing a new facility to produce patterned solar glass for the growing footprint of North America-based solar module manufacturers, and last week announced three significant offtakers: Hanwha Solutions Corporation (Qcells), Heliene Inc. and Meyer Burger Technology AG. Canadian Premium Sands and its EPC consortium have designed an 800 tonne per……
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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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Miami-Dade library gets county’s first large-scale solar roof investment
Advanced Green Technologies (AGT) and Advance Roofing have completed the first large-scale county-owned solar project in Miami-Dade, Florida, at the North Dade Regional Library in Miami Gardens. The 475 kW project was developed under a DMS contract and energy service agreement, and it marks the first of three pilot larger-scale solar projects being implemented in……