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Don Cowan and Mahyar Mohammadnezhad of Kiwa PI Berlin explain the importance of upstream diligence in ensuring long-term PV performance.

As the year comes to an end, we bring you a recap of the most-read Premium stories that have been published throughout 2025.

Chinese researchers have developed a process to boost the efficiency and bifacial performance of TOPCon solar cells while reducing silver consumption.

PV Talk: Paul Gebhardt of Fraunhofer ISE discusses reliability issues facing advanced PV modules, an issue which isn't going anywhere.

T1 Energy has started construction on the 2.1GW first phase of its TOPCon cell manufacturing facility in Texas.

JA Solar is a lead partner in a joint venture that broke ground this week on a new 2GW solar PV cell, 2GW module and 1GWh energy storage manufacturing facility in Egypt.

India’s flagship solar PV manufacturing incentive has driven “robust growth” in the sector since its launch, but hurdles remain to building a complete domestic supply chain.

The Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) and the Copper Mark have signed an agreement to pursue “responsible production and sourcing of copper across the solar energy value chain”.

PV Talk: George Touloupas of Intertek CEA explains how the regulatory environment is ratcheting up for the solar supply chain.

Qcells has announced plans to reduce pay and working hours for one-third of its 3,000 employees in the US state of Georgia.