Fab & Facilities

Clean energy manufacturing – led by solar PV expansions – accounted for 4% of global GDP growth in 2023, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Italian solar manufacturing machinery producer Ecoprogetti has installed a new, 250MW automated production line at a facility in Bulgaria.

The latest solar shingle factory will increase its capacity by 500% and bring total production of its solar shingle to 300MW annually.

Stäubli has announced 'major new investments' to expand its cable connector production and product assembly capacity in the US.

US polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon expects to ship the first solar-grade polysilicon from its Moses Lake, Washington facility by the end of June.

Singapore-headquartered solar manufacturer Gstar Solar has broken ground on a silicon rod and wafer-slicing plant in Indonesia.

HY Solar is planning 16GW of n-type cell production capacity in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia.

Nextracker has completed an expansion of its manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania, US, increasing the manufacturing capacity to 4GW.

Solar tracker producer Array Technologies has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.

Enertrack talks about its expansion in the Middle East, the impact of the fall in module prices, and the future of the tracker industry.