After evaluating the revised "National Energy and Climate Plan" (NECP), the European Commission called on European governments to "increase their efforts" and accelerate energy transformation.   NECP is a plan to achieve its energy-structured energy structure from the EU governments until 2030...

Recently, the European Parliament and the European Council have reached a provisional agreement on strengthening the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which aims to improve the energy performance of buildings and require new buildings to be prepared for the installation of solar ener...

Since the mid-2020s, U.S. photovoltaic system developers have encountered increasing challenges in module procurement.     Chief among these are the impact of UFLPA, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s investigation into circumvention of previous anti-dumping and countervailing duty r...

France has submitted an updated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), raising its solar photovoltaic installed capacity target to 60GW in 2030.     Compared with the previous NECP submitted in 2019, the new draft adds at least 14GW of installed photovoltaic capacity. By 2035, France ai...

On November 21, the European Parliament voted in a new round to pass the Net Zero Industry Act (hereinafter referred to as NZIA), which is committed to transferring onshore manufacturing of renewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics, battery storage and wind energy to the EU .  ...

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is a technology that integrates solar power (photovoltaic) products into buildings. Driven by China's dual-carbon policy, BIPV will become the key to the green transformation of the construction industry. By 2030, we estimate that the BIPV market size will re...

The Indonesian government has released a draft Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan (CIPP), setting out Indonesia’s decarbonization initiatives to 2050, which include targets to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century and expand installed photovoltaic capacity to 264.6GW. .    ...

The world's largest building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) project was completed in China.     Hefei, China-based Sungrow is supplying inverters for a 120MW BIPV project in Jiangxi Province, China.   Located on the roof of the ceramics production facility, the system consists of 11...

The German government is considering the possibility of erecting trade barriers on solar modules and parts imported from China, a move that has caused concern to trade body SolarPower Europe.     The concept of trade barriers, while considering subsidies and state aid, comes after the Eur...

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) refers to the use of solar panels, shingles and modules in buildings to generate electricity, where the panels are integrated into roof tiles, facades, awnings, windows and other building components. BIPV is essentially a new-age building material t...

In the first half of 2023, U.S. solar energy prices rose to US$2.9 per watt, an increase of 1.8% from the second half of 2022.     The median solar quote rose for the fourth consecutive month, up from $2.67 per watt in the summer of 2021, according to EnergySage. Although reaching $2.9 pe...

Global solar investment in the first half of 2023 increased by 43% year-on-year to reach US$239 billion, but renewable energy investment is still far below the amount needed to achieve the net zero goal in 2050.     According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance's "Renewable Energy Investment...