Cell Processing

February 13, 2020
With the spin-off of most of its solar cell and PV module manufacturing operations to new entity Maxeon Solar Technologies (MXT) expected in Q2 2019, SunPower shed new light on the planned capacity expansions of the new offspring in its fourth quarter earnings call.
February 12, 2020
China’s PV industry is tentatively starting to get back to work after the extended New Year holiday period, due to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
February 11, 2020
Inline solar cell measurement equipment specialist, Aurora Solar Technologies (AST) has won another volume order for its DM measurement system from a customer located in China.
February 11, 2020
Major polysilicon and merchant solar cell manufacturer, Tongwei Group and subsidiary Tongwei Solar are to significantly increase high-purity polysilicon production and high-efficiency solar cell production over the next five years.
February 10, 2020
US cannot defeat China’s ‘state capitalism’ through import barriers alone, top official Jason E. Kearns says after US probe shows domestic cell makers are declining despite Trump’s protectionism.
February 7, 2020
Russia-based high-efficiency heterojunction solar module producer, Hevel had met all of its 2019 production and shipment targets, supported by a number of utility-scale PV power plant projects across Russia and Kazakhstan.
February 6, 2020
PV Tech talks exclusively to LONGi founder and president Li Zhenguo, discussing the module manufacturer’s rise, its aggressive expansion and the trends driving it forward
January 31, 2020
ROTH Capital Partners has told investors that the recent outbreak of the Coronavirus in China is likely to impact the solar industry supply chain, due to extended work stoppage in eight provinces, many being key solar manufacturing hubs, through February 9th.
January 30, 2020
PV Tech visits Huanghe Hydropower Development Co (HHDC) in Qinghai, China, to identify the driving factors behind the energy giant’s solar push which has seen it take the mantle as the world’s largest PV plant operator.
January 29, 2020
China-based PV and glass manufacturer, Changzhou Almaden Stock Co Ltd was recently forced to declare that it was supplying Tesla with glass encapsulated solar roof tiles, due to abnormal fluctuations in its stock traded on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

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