Recent industry slowdowns have impacted some of the biggest resi power electronics manufacturers – particularly inverter companies like SolarEdge, Enphase and SMA. They’ve been laying people off in record numbers and shaving back manufacturing.
SEIA rounded up 24 Stories from 2024 about solar manufacturing. These include discussions about tax credits, jobs, top developments for certain states and manufacturers, batteries and panels, new tech, recycling, and more.
The Biden admin has released final rules for tech-neutral ITCs and won praise from renewable energy groups but criticism from fuel cell companies. These are specifically the Clean Electricity Investment and Production Tax Credits — known as 45Y and 48E — that apply to projects beginning construction in 2025.
SolarPanelRecycling.com launched the first US facility with a dedicated line for bifacial solar panel recycling – enabling clean glass separation of bifacial modules at recovery rates of 99% or higher. After starting in 2023 they now have four locations: two in North Carolina, and one in Georgia and Texas.
MI based Hemlock Semiconductor received $325 million U.S. government funding for polysilicon production to supply solar-grade polysilicon used in the manufacturing of mono-crystalline ingots and wafers used in solar cells.
Canary Media gathered 10 data charts from their 2024 articles for our perusal. They include info on batteries, global, EU and American renewables, solar growth in America, heavy industry’s and US power plants’ decarbonization process, the grid backlog and more.
Greentech Renewables walks through savings offered by IronRidge XR racking. The video discusses the history of rapid shutdown, UL3741, PVHCS equipment testing, detailed specs for IronRidge XR racking and savings, wire mounting, best practices, and more. The video is below.
