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US Slaps 50% tariffs On Chinese Solar Cells

In its continuing efforts to build, and protect existing US solar manufacturers from Chinese imports, US President Joe Biden has announced a series of tariffs directed towards Chinese goods, including solar cells. Under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, solar cells – whether assembled or not into modules – tariffs will increase from […]

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Amplus Commissions 73.4 MWp Open Access Solar Plant In Jhansi

Amplus, has announced the successful commissioning of its 73.4 MWp Project Lakshmi, an intra-state open-access solar plant in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.  Project Lakshmi marks Amplus’s third solar open-access plant in Uttar Pradesh, following the success of Project Mirza and Project Deoria. This latest milestone elevates Amplus’s operational open-access capacity in Uttar Pradesh to over 200 […]

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EU To Withdraw From Probe Into Chinese Solar Park Construction

Earlier this year, the United States (US) and European Union (EU) Commission announced launching an inquiry into Chinese suppliers of wind turbines under the new Foreign Subsidies Regulation.  This announcement came as Chinese wind turbine manufacturers pushed hard and won some orders in Europe. The Chinese suppliers offered cheap turbines and generous finance which distorts […]

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US-Based Flexible Solar Firm Active Surfaces Secures $5.6M Funding

US-based Active Surfaces, a flexible solar panel startup spun out from MIT, raised $5.6 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Safar Partners, a deep-tech venture capital fund. Additional participants—include QVT, Lendlease, Type One Ventures, Umami Capital, Sabanci Climate Ventures, New Climate Ventures, SeaX Ventures, and others—reflect a diverse support […]

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Grew Energy To Set Up 3.2 GW Solar Module Manufacturing Facility In J&K

Grew Energy Pvt Ltd – a flagship venture of the Chiripal Group – is all set to establish a three-stage fully backward integrated solar module manufacturing unit in Jammu & Kashmir. With a commitment to invest 4500 Cr, upon completion, this ultra-modern facility will have an annual capacity of producing 3.2GW high-efficiency solar modules and […]

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Low Module Prices Weigh On Q1 Earnings For China’s Solar Champions

Over the past 10 days, as numbers have continued to pour out from the listed players from China’s formidable  solar sector, the impact of the low solar module prices seen over the past two quarters and more is clearly visible on their earnings as well. Even as volumes have grown in many cases, revenues have […]

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GoodWe Unveils State-of-the-Art Solar Service Centre in Bangalore

GoodWe, a leading Smart Energy Innovator and key solar inverter player in the Indian market, has announced a Solar Service Centre in Bangalore, India. The service centre underlines the expanding reach of GoodWe in the Indian market as well as its growing customer base in the country, where GoodWe is focused on ensuring excellent standards […]

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Top 5 States Spearheading Rooftop Solar in India

India has made strides in new solar capacity addition in the last few years. However, a considerable gap exists between rooftop solar (RTS) and utility-scale solar installations.  Despite existing national and state-level schemes promoting rooftop solar, including the National Rooftop Scheme and state government subsidies, participation rates remained low. This is mostly because of the […]

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Africa’s Solar Challenges: Massive Untapped Potential Shows Up Tiny Production

With nearly one-fifth of the world’s population today, Africa accounts for less than 3% of the world’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to date and has the lowest emissions per capita of any region. But still, Africans are facing the worst consequences of climate change in the world due to several reasons. Following that, Africa also […]

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