Manufacturing

Solar tracker producer Array Technologies has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

The Ningbo Boway Alloy Materials Company has announced plans to expand its TOPCon cell manufacturing capacity in the US by 2GW.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report on laser welding, which could make solar panels easier to recycle.

US renewables firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA) predicts that the solar industry’s latest anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition has a “high likelihood” of resulting in duties being paid on solar imports.

Enertrack talks about its expansion in the Middle East, the impact of the fall in module prices, and the future of the tracker industry.

Nextracker has announced that the manufacturing of its NX Horizon trackers produces a 35% smaller carbon footprint than other processes.

Chinese solar manufacturer Huasun has developed a zero busbar (0BB) technology integrated with its latest heterojunction (HJT) modules.

India has installed a record 6.2GW of new solar capacity in March 2024, nearly doubling the previous record for all renewables, according to a report from Rystad Energy.

Colin Sillerud at CFV Labs suggests that changes in module design have led to a weakening of mechanical stability in modules.

Tokyo-headquartered solar manufacturer VSUN has commenced commercial production of its 4GW silicon wafer plant in Vietnam.