Mark Osborne has nearly three decades of experience in covering both the semiconductor and photovoltaics manufacturing industries. In his current roles as senior news editor for PV Tech and sister technical journal, Photovoltaics International, Mark covers the key developments in the PV industry on a global level and continues to provide insight and analysis via his editor's blog.
Sungrow Power Supply has introduced the SG250HX, the world’s most powerful 1500Vdc string inverter, which is optimized for hilly, utility-scale installations and designed for bifacial modules and tracker systems.
Major polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie has warned its overall group profitability for 2019 would be around 30% lower than the prior year, due to continued weak demand from the solar industry in China and continued polysilicon prices declines to industry record lows.
LONGi Green Energy Technology Co, the largest monocrystalline wafer producer, has approved future PV module and solar cell manufacturing plans of 10GW and 5GW, respectively.
REC Group has officially started volume production of heterojunction solar cells and modules at its manufacturing complex in Singapore that will provide 600MW of annual capacity, when fully ramped.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, JA Solar has licensed a number of patents from Shin-Etsu Chemical on doping Ga in silicon crystals and using the Ga-doped p-type crystalline silicon wafers for making solar cells to mitigate the impact of Light Induced Degradation (LID).
PV project developer and EPC firm, ReneSola is continuing with plans to offload operating plants to recoup cash and invest in new projects.
Raycatch has introduced ‘DeepSolar 2.0,’ a fully automated, AI-based diagnostic software program for cost-optimized maintenance and monitoring of photovoltaic power plants.
Major PV inverter maker takes patent infringement case against Huawei to Regional Courts of Jinan and Shenzhen in China, after fillings in Germany in June and July 2018.
Total inverter replacement requirements could grow to account for 3.4% of the global inverter market heading into 2020, according to market research firm.
Module maker bags multi-year supply deal for its Series 6 CdTe thin-film modules for five projects across Texas and California with developer Intersect Power.
Duo uses Salt Lake City summit to launch first comprehensive testing and evaluation services for PV power plant owners and operators facing plant damage from extreme weather and other force majeure events.
Ahead of Solar Power International 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has set a roadmap to achieving several key goals for the PV industry over the next 10 years.
Leading CdTe thin-film PV module maker expects to start volume production at second US facility in early 2020, restoring spot as largest PV module manufacturer in US and western hemisphere.
Integrated solar power producer, Scatec Solar has raised its growth targets in its key markets, due to strong demand.
Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, JinkoSolar has sourced a further two-year supply of high-purity polysilicon from Daqo New Energy to meet its material requirements under current in-house mono-wafer capacity expansions.
