Cell Processing

As TOPCon manufacturing expands globally, producers are facing different cost, safety and supply-chain realities – creating an opportunity to rethink technology platforms and prepare for next-generation tandem architectures.

US solar manufacturer Silfab Solar has disputed some reports of chemical spillages at its manufacturing facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Silfab solar has paused operations at its module manufacturing plant in South Carolina following chemical spills.

The EU’s “Industrial Accelerator Act” (IAA) for key domestic manufacturing sectors has been met with mixed reactions by the continent’s solar industry.

ISC Konstanz has partnered with Celloraa Energy to develop a 1.2GW TOPCon cell production facility in Gujarat, India.

German wet processing equipment manufacturer RENA Technologies will supply its equipment to a planned 1.2GW TOPCon solar cell production facility in India.

Analysis: As new duties threaten to block PV producers from India, Laos and Indonesia from the US market, the outcome of the Section 232 polysilicon investigation could put an end to the question of who will be next.

Indian solar manufacturer Premier Energies has unveiled a new zero busbar (0BB) TOPCon solar cell, a “first” in India, according to the company.

German solar wafer manufacturer NexWafe and US-based cell producer Talon PV have signed a wafer supply agreement in the US.

Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy have claimed two new record efficiencies in tandem PV modules.