Is Spain’s PPArty over?
Spain is one of the most attractive global markets for solar and wind power purchase agreements (PPAs). While 2024 was no exception, the market is now slowing as buyers and sellers await solutions to grid congestion at peak generation hours.
In Pictures: Sunrise Arabia
The Sunrise Arabia Clean Energy Conference, hosted by pv magazine and Solarabic, returned to Riyadh for its second year in February.
US polysilicon prospects
Despite rising tariffs on imports and a looming US Department of Commerce investigation, American solar-grade polysilicon production is expected to keep pace with the growth of the domestic PV supply chain.
Storing up panel problems
Clean Energy Associates (CEA) is receiving more calls from solar developers concerned about warehouse panel damage. CEA senior engineering manager Claire Kearns-McCoy explains how improper handling, stacking, and storage conditions can lead to long-term issues.
Highway to the solar zone
Italian company Elgea specializes in integrating solar on highway networks. CEO Laura Onnis told pv magazine it has identified 300 sites along 3,000 km of Italian highways and is pushing ahead with project development. The first plants will be built in the northern Italian provinces of Milan and Vercelli, and in Molise, to the south.
Beyond the hype
After a global flurry of green hydrogen announcements, fuel cell company insolvencies, and a sharp market reassessment, solar developers are questioning near-term green hydrogen demand. pv magazine’s Carrie Hampel takes a look at the international landscape.
Shaped by policy
Restraint from China’s biggest polysilicon producers slashed output during January but with hydropower prices falling, how long will voluntarily imposed factory utilization rates of less than 40% persist?
Onshore and prospering
Efforts to establish solar manufacturing in the United States, on the back of generous Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) subsidies, have had mixed results. While module assembly facilities appeared swiftly, cell production capacity trails far behind and current policy uncertainty is leaving more questions than answers for solar manufacturers of all sizes.
UP: Tracing the outline
In December 2024, the Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) published its Supply Chain Traceability Standard in a bid to establish best practices for monitoring and sharing information on solar supply chains. pv magazine spoke to Alexia Ruvoletto, SSI’s outgoing head of secretariat, about the initiative and its achievements.
Feeding data center demand
Developers from the renewable energy and data center markets are working to find common ground to meet surging energy demand fueled by the AI boom.
