There is a mismatch between India’s ambitious target to increase its solar power generation capacity to 100 Gigawatt by 2022 and having just a 3 Gw local manufacturing base for solar cells and 9 Gw for panels. This has fueled the growth in import of cheap solar components worth over Rs 80,000 crore in the […]
Tandem PV Secures a Rare Fund Raise for Perovskite Solar
A Silicon Valley startup wants to pair newfangled materials with silicon cells to create a higher-efficiency module. Silicon Valley-based Tandem PV closed a $2.4 million seed round in February to commercialize an exotic new solar technology. The startup is developing perovskite solar materials, which it will layer on top of conventional silicon cells to make […]
The Status of US Solar Manufacturing, One Year After Tariffs
On Tuesday, JinkoSolar will officially open its Jacksonville, Florida solar module factory. The Chinese company announced that plant in January of last year, roughly a week after the Trump administration unveiled its final tariffs on crystalline silicon solar cells and modules. It was the first of a string of such announcements as foreign manufacturers stared […]
Saudi Arabia Looks to China for Solar as Power Politics Shift
The world’s largest oil producer courts a new kind of energy partner. Saudi Arabia is courting China for help with the next stage of its energy policy, amid predictions that renewable energy generation will change modern geopolitics. Two Chinese solar giants unveiled Saudi manufacturing plans last month. The world’s fourth-largest PV maker, Longi, is planning […]
