A major multinational glass company has verified that the crushed glass produced from used solar modules by Solarcycle can be used to make high-quality PV glass sheets, which has never been proven before, the PV recycling firm’s CEO has revealed exclusively to PV Tech Premium.
Major Chinese polysilicon producer Daqo New Energy saw both production and sales of polysilicon increase by around 50% in 2023 compared with 2022, whilst the dramatic drop in polysilicon prices slashed revenues from US$4.6 billion to US$2.3 billion over the same period.
Engie North America – a regional subsidiary of French energy company Engie – has closed US$1 billion in tax equity financing to support a 1.3GW portfolio of solar PV and wind assets across the US.
TrinaTracker, has launched an updated version of its Vanguard 1P Smart Tracking Solution, featuring hardware and software upgrades aimed at improving installation efficiency, system stability and long-term reliability.
US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film module manufacturer First Solar has increased its manufacturing capacity in 2023 by 6.8GW, most of which from its Series 7.
Polysilicon imports to China have fallen to their lowest levels since 2011 as non-Chinese polysilicon producers have shipped greater volumes to Southeast Asia, according to a recent report from Bernreuter Research.
The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has opened to public consultation a new incentive scheme for renewables and storage manufacturing.
