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The US union SEIA has launched a campaign against forced labour in Xinjiang (a region in western China populated by Uigurs). Forty-five per cent of China's silicon comes from this region,

At the confirmation hearing of Ms Granholm, the new US Energy Secretary spoke mainly about electric vehicles and storage. These two activities are the foundation for the transition to a carbon-free economy and greater adoption of renewable energies. However, the United States

On 22 December, the US Congress adopted a $90 billion Covid 19 stimulus package and a two-year extension of the 26% Solar Investment Tax Credit (SITC) for solar projects.

The future of American solar energy will be decided on 5 January during the elections in Georgia which will elect the last senators. They will determine the majority of the Senate.

The two key measures of the new president

Joe Biden's promises to launch a new $2 trillion Green Plan have raised hopes for his next decisions. One hopes

On¹ September, Biden's plan aims to "decarbonise the world's largest economy and stimulate America's energy transition. The support of

Joe Biden wants to achieve 100% carbon-free electricity by July 14.

After Joe Biden's success as President of the United States, the various positions taken by the candidate in his meetings are to be reread.

NREL's director believes that existing clean energy technologies are not sufficient to achieve zero carbon production.

To meet the targets of the Paris agreement, solar energy needs to grow by an average of 15% per year until 2030. This growth rate would require a continuous reduction in the cost of photovoltaics, even though solar has already reached cost parity with coal and natural gas.

According to him,

If the United States has a panel production capacity of 7 GW per year, this corresponds to a third of the annual installations. The American union SEIA estimates that the US should have a production capacity of 100 GW of renewable energy (solar, wind, storage).

The organisation

We can be sure that RE will continue to thrive thanks to its competitiveness and broad political support.

Mr Trump has done his best to support fossil fuels, but this has not been at the expense of renewables. Many coal-fired power plants have been shut down.

Some US government agencies have joined forces to enhance the cyber security of solar power plants in the country.

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PV Tech of June 24th

In the United States, Democratic members of the House of Representatives have presented a $1.5 trillion economic stimulus package to develop infrastructure. They have included measures in favour of renewable energies: they propose to

The Trump administration will once again withdraw the exclusion it had previously granted to two-sided solar panels. It states that

As part of the $2 trillion US economic rescue package, the