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Polysilicon prices rise across the board, silicon material companies all suffer losses

Features, Editors' Blog
September 9, 2024
By Carrie Xiao
Polysilicon prices increased slightly across the board last week, but silicon producers continue to struggle with revenues.
indian prime minister's office.
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How coalition politics could affect Indian solar

Features, Editors' Blog, Long Reads
September 6, 2024
By Tom Kenning
Special funding for certain states could complicate other incentive schemes, while a ten million household rooftop PV scheme faces challenges.
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After falling below the cash cost line, LONGi and TCL Zhonghuan raise wafer prices

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August 29, 2024
By Carrie Xiao
LONGi Solar said that wafer prices had continued to fall below the cost since the second quarter of the year.
A Sungrow project in Italy.
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Low electricity prices in Iberia and curtailments in Greece, Southern Europe sees red

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews, Long Reads
August 28, 2024
By Jonathan Touriño Jacobo
Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at Southern Europe, where pricing, grid capacity and the ban of PV on farmland are causing headaches.
Once operational, the projects are expected to generate around 1.53 billion kWh of clean electricity annually. Image: JA Solar.
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China’s decentralised PV boom encounters grid bottleneck

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August 27, 2024
By Carrie Xiao
Several Chinese provinces have suspended the approval of new distributed PV projects amid concerns over available grid capacity.
Scanning electron microscope image of a laser-assisted fired contact. Credit: UNSW student Xinyuan Wu.
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Laser-assisted firing ‘biggest innovation’ in solar cell technology for two years

Features, Editors' Blog, Interviews, Long Reads
August 21, 2024
By Tom Kenning
Laser-assisted firing is a major breakthrough in solar technology, according to a scientist from Australia’s University of New South Wales.
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Price of high-purity quartz sand plummets from CNY415,000/ton to CNY75,000/ton since January

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August 19, 2024
By Carrie Xiao
Against the backdrop of uncertain economics in the PV sector as a whole, the price of high-purity quartz sand has also fallen.
Sweden saw new capacity additions almost double between 2022 and 2023.
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Solar targets up across the piece

Features, Editors' Blog, Long Reads
August 13, 2024
By George Heynes
George Heynes charts the key market developments in the EU countries of Northern Europe, as well as non-EU members, Norway and the UK.
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Silicon prices rise as some new orders rebound

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August 12, 2024
By Carrie Xiao
Polysilicon prices in China have continued to stabilise, with no significant fluctuations over the past month.
An agrivoltaic project from solar developer European Energy in Denmark.
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Political clouds cast shadows over Western Europe’s burgeoning solar sector

Features, Editors' Blog, Long Reads
August 2, 2024
By JP Casey
JP Casey reports on recent developments in Western Europe, where past and future elections are creating waves.

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‘The industry is producing more than it can install,’ says Gaëtan Masson as world exceeds 2.2TW of solar

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Australia’s renewable energy project additions slow to 5.8GW in September, says Rystad Energy

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