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Mark Osborne provides a detailed analysis of First Solar’s technology and manufacturing strategy, examining its production transition issues to date and the company’s product efficiency roadmap.

Microinverter supplier to use proceeds to repurchase notes due 2024 and 2025 as well as other corporate purposes

Strong installs expected in China, India and other markets as supply chain concerns ease and costs drop further

Six Renewables Energy Zones to be created in Victoria as new ‘VicGrid’ body created to oversee the plans

Four new approvals this year add to growing list of 210mm-compatible products as solar industry adopts large-area modules.

Solar assets in Texas have continued to generate despite the weather, but policy remains a hurdle to them aiding the grid

Leading US residential solar installer to open branch in Fort Lauderdale, creating new solar jobs in the state

Newly-launched unit to benefit from quicker lead times for new products, plots European expansion

Longroad Energy to acquire ~900MWdc of solar, with battery storage additions also to be considered.

As the technology continues to mature, the race to successfully commercialise and drive heterojunction (HJT) manufacturing to the multi-gigawatt level is getting increasingly competitive. PV Tech spoke to Jinergy chief executive officer Liyou Yang to determine what the remaining challenges are in relation to mass HJT manufacturing, and how close the industry may be to it.