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Solar PV will play a major role in global demand for critical minerals in the coming decades, according to a report from the International Energy Agency Photovoltaics Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS).

Solarworld Energy has partnered with EPC and solar developer Rays Power Infra to develop a 2.4GW solar PV cell manufacturing facility.

As a platform designed to map full industrial ecosystems, MAPPES.io is helping identify gaps and bottlenecks in PV manufacturing hotspots such as the US and India, explains its CEO, Ankit Singhal.

Germany and the wider EU can use its research and development strengths to stay competitive in the global solar PV manufacturing industry, according to a group of industry and research bodies.

The US PV manufacturing sector is set to make huge strides by 2030, but with some upstream constraints unresolved and question marks over future demand drivers.

Scientists in Japan have developed a new approach which they claim can improve the durability of tin-based perovskite solar cells.

In this week's PV Chart of the Week, we look at disparity between announced and operational cell and module manufacturing capacity in the US across PERC, TOPCon and HJT.

PERC, TOPCon or HJT? In the fourth of five articles this week, Moustafa Ramadan and Joe Hennessy of PV Tech Research examine emerging technology trends in US solar cell and module manufacturing.

Heterojunction is emerging as the n-type technology of choice as US PV manufacturers seek to minimise IP-related risks.

In the third part of this week’s series exploring the US solar supply chain, we track how quickly announced manufacturing capacity is translating into real production.