Ben Willis

The US community solar sector passed 10GW DC of cumulative capacity in late 2025, according to a report by Wood Mackenzie and the Coalition for Community Solar Access.

Rumours of a closed-door meeting in China to discuss polysilicon production cuts sent the share prices of several leading players higher before they were widely denied.

US-based PV manufacturer Suniva is to open a new solar cell manufacturing facility in Laurens, South Carolina.

Oman-based renewables firm Naqaa Sustainable Energy has been named as the lead developer of a 500MW PV plant in Botswana.

Despite PV’s maturity, a new paper argues that its growing global significance makes ongoing research essential.

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE claim to have reduced the silver content of TOPCon solar cells tenfold.

PV manufacturing capital expenditure is expected to rebound this year, following two years in the doldrums as the industry weathered a global oversupply of modules, new figures show.

After a sharp decline in 2023, PV manufacturing capital expenditure is set to bounce back this year, and not just in China, writes Moustafa Ramadan.

Pan-African developer Axian Energy has reached financial close on what it is billing as West Africa’s largest solar-plus-storage project.

Dutch research institute TNO has developed what it said is the world’s first solar roof tile based on perovskite technology.