AS Published on Saturday 3 June 2023 - n° 448 - Categories:capacity increase/decrease
NexWafe plans to build its first manufacturing plant
Solar wafer producer NexWafe has secured a €30 million ($32 million) investment to speed up construction of its first wafer manufacturing plant
AS Published on Saturday 3 June 2023 - n° 448 - Categories:industry, industrial strategy
Iberdrola Association - Norwegian sovereign wealth fund
Spain's Iberdola is joining forces with Norway's sovereign wealth fund to invest in 1.3 GW of solar power generation capacity in Spain. The amount of the investment
L R AS Published on Monday 29 May 2023 - n° 447 - Categories:capacity increase/decrease
Investment in Maxeon and JinkoSolar in brief
Maxeon and JinkoSolar investment round-up
Maxeon raises $199 million
L R AS Published on Saturday 27 May 2023 - n° 447 - Categories:industrial strategy
Norway's Statkraft presents its targets for 2030
Norway's Statkraft has presented its objectives for 2030: to build 2.5 to 3 GW per year of wind or solar power worldwide from 2025, and to operate
L R AS Published on Monday 22 May 2023 - n° 446 - Categories:purchase and sale of assets
A new platform for selling or exchanging power plants in Spain
A new platform for buying and selling photovoltaic and wind energy projects has been set up in Spain. NTeaser brings together developers and investors to sell renewable energy projects or assets without an intermediary.
L R AS Published on Sunday 21 May 2023 - n° 446 - Categories:industrial strategy
Repsol launches into renewable energy
Spanish oil company Repsol is to develop 825 MW of solar power in Italy. In total,
L R AS Published on Sunday 21 May 2023 - n° 446 - Categories:industry, industrial strategy
New steel production plant for Nextracker
Nextracker has commissioned a new plant to produce steel components for its tracking systems. The facility was opened in partnership
L R AS Published on Monday 15 May 2023 - n° 445 - Categories:capacity increase/decrease
FuturaSun to build 10 GW cell production plant
FuturaSun, the Italian panel manufacturer, will build a 10 GW N-type solar cell production plant. It will be built in two phases over a three-year period.
L R AS Published on Saturday 13 May 2023 - n° 445 - Categories:industrial strategy
Maxeon is considering increasing its production capacity
Maxeon is exploring the possibility of expanding its cell and panel manufacturing capacity in the US.
First quarter sales of $318 million
L R AS Published on Monday 8 May 2023 - n° 444 - Categories:Chinese company, industrial strategy
Bosch invests in semiconductors
Germany's automotive chip giant Bosch is set to acquire the semiconductor
L R AS Published on Monday 1 May 2023 - n° 443 - Categories:capacity increase/decrease
Limited increase in production capacity at Aiko
China's Aiko Solar, the world's No. 2 cell manufacturer, has announced plans to build a new 10 GW cell and panel factory in three phases over the next five years. It will have a total capacity of
L R AS Published on Monday 1 May 2023 - n° 443 - Categories:industry, industrial strategy
Viessmann sells its heat pump business
Carrier, a US-based heating specialist, is set to acquire Germany's Viessmann Climate Solutions in a €12 billion deal. Viessmann heat pumps
L R AS Published on Monday 17 April 2023 - n° 441 - Categories:capacity increase/decrease
Factory set-up by Rayzon Solar, TCL Zhonghuan, Tesla
Factory creation by : Rayzon Solar, TCL Zhonghuan, Tesla
Indian solar panel manufacturer Rayzon Solar has announced plans to set up a 500MW solar panel factory in the US and increase its Indian production capacity by a further 1GW to 2.5GW. This would be India's first industrial presence in the United States.
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TCL Zhonghuan, already the world's No. 2 wafer manufacturer, plans to increase its capacity by 35W and boost its production of N-TOPCon 4.0 solar cells by 25 GW.
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Tesla intends to build a new Megapack battery factory in Shanghai. Construction is due to start in the 3rd quarter of 2023, with commissioning scheduled for the 2nd quarter of 2024. These batteries are known for their ability to store more than 3 MWh of electricity per unit, for large-scale, high-density energy storage projects.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/04/11/tesla-to-build-new-battery-factory-in-china/
L R AS Published on Sunday 16 April 2023 - n° 441 - Categories:industrial strategy
GCL to raise RMB 6 billion to finance two development projects
GCL to raise RMB 6 billion to finance two development projects
- The Wuhu project:
L R AS Published on Saturday 15 April 2023 - n° 441 - Categories:industry, industrial strategy
Canadian Solar reorganizes, expands capacity
Its North American subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, becomes the umbrella organisation for global project development and service for solar power plants and battery storage. It is entrusted with a portfolio of