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Policy gloom overshadows bright Q1 for US solar and storage

June 9, 2025
Growing political headwinds threaten to dent US solar manufacturing and project deployment, despite a strong start to 2025.
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Eternal Sun acquires simulator provider Wavelabs

June 6, 2025
Eternal Sun has acquired German solar simulator provider Wavelabs, which has resulted in the formation of a new subsidy, Wavelabs Eternal Sun.
The PV Tech panel at the 2025 Intersolar Europe event.
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Securing the supply chain: in conversation with European solar experts at Intersolar Europe 2025

June 6, 2025
Europe must secure the 'strategic segments' of the solar supply chain, according to experts at a PV Tech panel at this year's Intersolar event.
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Haitai Solar terminates 10GW TOPCon cell project, shifts focus to 3GW Indonesia plant

June 4, 2025
Chinese PV module manufacturer Haitai Solar has announced the termination of a 10GW TOPCon and the reallocation of investment to fund an Indonesian facility.
Perovskite-silicon research from Fraunhofer ISE.

Fraunhofer ISE and KAUST develop ‘hybrid’ method for perovskite-silicon cell production

June 2, 2025
A new manufacturing method has produced tandem perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells with a conversion efficiency of 27.8%.
Meyer Burger's Thalheim facility in Germany.
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Meyer Burger on the edge following German cell production insolvency

June 2, 2025
Struggling Swiss solar manufacturer Meyer Burger has announced that its two German subsidiaries, including the owner of its solar cell manufacturing facility in Thalheim, are insolvent.
Production of Trina Solar’s 210mm n-type i-TOPCon cells. Image: Trina Solar

LECO process can increase resistance of TOPCon cells by ‘orders of magnitude’

June 2, 2025
The LECO process used in the production of TOPCon solar cells could increase their resistances by 'orders of magnitude', per new research.
Suniva and ISC Konstanz met in May 2025 at the Intersolar trade fair in Munich. From left to right: Radovan Kopecek, Florian Buchholz, Jan Lossen (ISC) and Kevin Dorman & Matt Card (Suniva).

ISC Konstanz, Suniva collaborate on US PERC cell production lines

May 28, 2025
ISC Konstanz is working with US solar cell manufacturer Suniva on its 1GW silicon solar cell production facility in the state of Georgia.
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The zero-busbar buzz

May 28, 2025
Ben Willis speaks to Astronergy about its next-generation TOPCon offering and the advantages of its zero-busbar module design, both of which were on show at Intersolar 2025.
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Silfab Solar buys BC technology patent portfolio from Germany’s EnPV

May 21, 2025
US PV module manufacturer Silfab Solar has acquired a patent portfolio for back-contact (BC) solar cells from solar research firm EnPV.

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