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Following the closure of the module plant in Freiberg, cell production in Thalheim has now also come to a halt.

Meyer Burger halts production in Germany and the US

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After ending module production, Meyer Burger is also shutting down all remaining production sites in Germany. More than 600 jobs are at risk.

180 MW Spanish Peaks solar park in Las Animas County, Colorado.

Juwi is commissioning the largest American PV project in the history of the company in Colorado

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The 180-megawatt solar park is expected to generate over 370 million kWh per year. It supplies the members of the cooperatively organized electricity trader Tri-State under two PPAs.

Georg Urban, now in charge of Voltage's new office in Europe.

Voltage Clean Energy opens European office and appoints new key executive

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Voltage Clean Energy, a global provider of premier wire, cable and electrical balance of systems (eBOS) solutions in the utility-scale PV solar industry, announced the opening of their new European office in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Donald Trump has already ‘promised’ sweeping policy changes once he has been inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America in January 2025.
USA

Trump’s re-election brings significant challenges for climate protection

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With Trump’s re-election, Germanwatch expresses deep concern over the future of international climate action as fossil fuel interests take centre stage in the US government.

 Juwi is building a total of three solar parks in Colorado to supply Tri-Star's members with electricity.
USA

Juwi builds 500 megawatts of solar power in Colorado

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The project developer is currently building three solar parks in Colorado. All three plants will be used to supply energy to members of the Tri-State electricity cooperative.

Carter Work Project in The Heights, Saint Paul/Minnesota.
Habitat for Humanity/Carter Work Project

4000 volunteers lend a hand for a social-ecological neighborhood in St. Paul

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The Carter Work Project of the NGO Habitat for Humanity in St. Paul/Minnesota is living the tradition of community action in the USA. Several thousand volunteers spent a week helping with the first construction phase of a socio-ecological residential quarter.

PV is the main driver of renewables growth, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Global energy transition

IEA: Three times more renewables by 2030

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With solar leading their rapid deployment, renewables are on course to meet almost half of global electricity demand by the end of this decade, a new report of the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.

Arnold Schwarzenegger at 77

A champion of solar energy and environmental advocacy

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In Part 2 of our series on the occasion of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 77th birthday, we move on to his career outside of Hollywood: Based on his success as an actor, Arnie went on to become Governor of California. Here is how he used this position to advance solar power:

The US Inflation Reduction Act of the Biden administration imposes new challenges for the energy transition.
Topic of the Week: North America

Challenge increased demand critical minerals

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The United States continues to face  challenges meeting the increased demand for critical minerals almost two years after the historic Inflation Reduction Act, a S&P Global study finds.

 A lot of charging power is required, especially for charging the large and heavy electric vehicles that tend to be popular in the US.
Residential EV charging

ADS-Tec puts fast-charging stations into operation in Miami apartment complex

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A fast-charging station with integrated buffer storage: this is the solution that property managers Firstservice Residential have chosen for their 470 flats in North Miami Beach. The previous charging infrastructure was not sufficient.

 Ohio has green-lit what will be the state’s largest solar farm – and the largest agrivoltaics project in the US.
Biodiversity

Ohio solar farm to become largest agri-PV project in the US

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The 1-billion-dollar Oak Run Solar Project, approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board last week, will sit on over 6,000 acres in Madison County, west of Columbus, Ohio in the United States.

 Meyer Burger is now preparing the closure of module production in Freiberg.
Solar module production

Meyer Burger prepares to close module production in Germany

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The solar industry is still waiting for Solar Package I. Several manufacturers have repeatedly called for resilience bonuses, i.e. additional remuneration for domestic components in the construction of solar power plants. Module manufacturer Meyer Burger is now drawing the consequences and announcing the closure of its Freiberg plant at the end of April.

Grid storage

RWE commissions three large battery storage facilities in the US

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The three new large storage facilities are linked to solar parks. They shift the solar power produced to times when there is no sun.

 The “Pike Solar” solar farm south of Denver/Colorado.
Colorado

Juwi brings 224 MW solar park online

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Juwi has brought the largest PV project in its company history online: a 223.6 MW solar park for the energy company Deriva (formerly Duke Energy) in Colorado/USA.

Solar trackers

Nextracker accelerates distributed generation solar

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Nextracker has announced it has surpassed 600 projects delivered in its distributed generation (DG) portfolio. The DG projects are deployed worldwide in commercial and industrial applications, including data centres, farming, retail, education and manufacturing.

With the new production facility, SMA aims to strengthen its position on the local market in North America.
North America

SMA builds inverter factory in the US

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With a production capacity of 3.5 gigawatts, the planned factory in the US will only reach a tenth of the capacity in Germany. It is a step to better serve the local market in North America - and to utilise the support of the US government.

A very small ray of hope: At least Total Energies produces plastics and fossil fuels in the southern USA with solar power.
Plastics from the sun

Total Energies produces plastic in the USA with solar power

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Plastic and fossil fuels are harmful to the environment. To ensure that at least their production is climate-neutral, Total Energies has built a large solar park with a storage unit in Texas.

Animation of the Desert Blume project in Arizona.
USA

Desert Blume project: long-term storage for solar parks

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Cmblu Energy is supplying a long-term storage system to a large solar park near Phoenix. In this project, the German battery storage manufacturer is cooperating with the US utility Salt River Project from Arizona.

In each of the last two years, sales of electric cars have increased by 60 percent.
Market statistics

10.8 million electric cars newly registered in 2022

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Electromobility is booming worldwide. In China, most cars with electric drives crossed the counter. In Germany, almost every third buyer opted for an electric car.

Installed PV capacity worldwide is expected to grow at double-digit rates annually.
Global Market Outlook

Solar market nears terawatt age

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The global solar industry is ready for a revolution, with all signs pointing to growth. For the current year a newly installated capacity of 341 GW is expected.

USA

Meyer Burger announces solar cell production facility in Colorado

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Meyer Burger Technology AG announced recently that the company will open a high-performance solar cell manufacturing facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Orders in Europe for German PV manufacturing equipement fell by 81 percent compared to the previous year.
 PV Manufacturing

Weak European demand

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The German PV equipment manufacturing industry is reporting significantly more orders from Asia and the USA and strongly declining European demand.

American and European PV manufacturing is gaining momentum.
Manufacturing

PV-Equipment: America and Europe gain market share

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In 2022, the photovoltaics (PV) equipment sector recorded a decline in incoming orders of around 3 percent compared to the previous year. Turnover fell by 7 percent. However, the latest ratio of orders to sales stands at 1.5, which indicates a recovery.

USA

Weidmüller expands its existing sales, development and production centre in the US

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Weidmüller, the German provider of smart industrial connectivity and digitalisation, recently announced the expansion of its US site in Richmond, Virginia.

Gas pipelines cannot easily be used for long-distance CO2 transport.
Climate protection

CO2 pipelines: series of technical challenges

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The development of a transport infrastructure for captured CO2 is the focus of the pipeline industry. But in some cases it is breaking new ground and there are still a number of challenges and unanswered questions, as an international conference in Berlin showed.