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PVEL releases ninth edition of ‘PV Module Reliability Scorecard’

The PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) 2023 Scorecard identifies 250 solar modules from 35 manufacturers as “top performers.”

Planned US neighborhood is all-electric, solar-powered, storm-resilient

Vermont Governor Phil Scott and Senator Peter Welch attended the groundbreaking for a new microgrid neighborhood in South Burlington, Vermont, that will put solar on every home and an electric-vehicle charger in every garage.

President Biden vetoes legislation to repeal moratorium on solar tariffs

Biden vetoed the repeal, saying it would undermine the efforts to ramp up domestic manufacturing to support a burgeoning solar industry and would create uncertainty for businesses and workers in the U.S. solar industry.

Enel Green Power moves one step closer to solar cell and module factory in Oklahoma

If approved, the proposed U.S. factory will be Enel’s second solar manufacturing facility, as it previously announced the expansion of its 3Sun Gigafactory in Catania, Sicily. The U.S. factory will also be one of the few in the country manufacturing cells as well as modules.

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US Treasury Department releases guidance on domestic solar content

The US Inflation Reduction Act includes a 10% bonus for solar power projects that use US-made content, and the Department of the Treasury has released long-awaited details on what this means.

US commercial PV can meet 35% of electricity demand of manufacturers

Northeastern University researchers have looked at energy use in manufacturing sectors and have found great potential for facilities to generate a portion of their own power with on-site rooftop solar installations.

Solar, renewables to reduce land use

A new Nature Conservancy report offers a land-use reduction scenario and framework to help energy planners and policymakers execute net-zero strategies.

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The world can manufacture enough solar to reach decarbonization goals

NREL researchers model viable pathways to supplying the estimated 60 TW of capacity required for decarbonization, and study the effect that disruptive solar technologies may have on deployment cost and market opportunity.

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Puerto Rico ranks seventh in US rankings for residential solar per capita

Luma Energy supports more than 54,000 customer connections in its 21 months as grid operator.

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Initial attempt to build thin-film solar cells from molybdenum disulfide

A team at Colorado State University has proposed making thin-film solar cells from naturally abundant molybdenum disulfide. It has conducted a series of experiments to show that extremely thin films of molybdenum disulfide have unprecedented charge carrier properties.

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