Three US Solar Trends to Watch in 2024
By Christian Roselund
This article was originally published in PV Tech.
CEA’s senior policy analyst, Christian Roselund, recently wrote an article in PV Tech on the top three trends that CEA sees for the US solar industry in 2024.
The US is expected to reach 35GW of annual module capacity by the end of 2024.
2024 is already shaping up to be a busy, intense year for the US solar industry. We at Clean Energy Associates (CEA) are advising our clients to expect a continuation of 2023’s impressive growth in deployment and a wave of new solar factories coming online.
With this new capacity and the ongoing buildout in Southeast Asia and India, we can expect US module prices to continue to fall, somewhat narrowing the gap between US and global prices. And while we hope to reach greater clarity on incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), we also expect still more restrictions on the participation of Chinese companies in the US market…
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Christian Roselund is the senior policy analyst at Clean Energy Associates (CEA), where he leads global and US policy research for CEA’s Market Intelligence division.
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