Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Amid the PV industry's toughest downturn, JA Solar held its 2025 annual results briefing on May 6 2026, offering the market a key glimpse of when the sector may turn the corner.

Turkish solar manufacturer Kalyon PV has commissioned a 1.1GW solar cell processing line in its home country.

The company has formally terminated its originally planned 15GW ingot pulling and PV cell manufacturing project, redirecting its resources to the more promising lithium battery silicon-carbon anode material sector.

Solar PV installations have reached a record 14.4GW in the first quarter of 2026, according to a report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

Solar manufacturer SEG Solar has unveiled a new module assembly plant in the US with a 4GW annual nameplate capacity.

PV installations in Germany in Q1 2026 decreased by 6% year-on-year as demand for residential solar systems declined, according to BSW-Solar.

“We have copper shortages, aluminium shortages [and] all kinds of raw materials are struggling,” says Global Electronics Association's CEO, John Mitchell.

Inox Solar has entered into an agreement with Chinese technology and manufacturing firm Ningbo Boway Alloy Material to acquire all the equity stakes of its US subsidiary Boviet Solar Technology.

Leading solar PV manufacturer JinkoSolar's module shipments have continued to decline in the first quarter of 2026, with 13.7GW.

Microinverter supplier Enphase Energy reported a 17% decline in revenue from the previous quarter, from US$343 million to US$282.9 million.