Fab & Facilities

DMEGC Solar has received an award from TÜV Rheinland to conduct module testing operations at its own facilities.

Pahal Solar has broken ground on a new fully-automated facility, which will expand the company’s manufacturing capacity to 1.8GW.

Prefabricated solar structure provider 5B has made a number of investments into its prefabrication business in both the US and India.

Polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon has delayed the timeframe of its first shipment from its Moses Lake facility from end of first quarter 2024 to early Q2 2024.

Tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell and module technology will dominate the mainstream of the solar PV market in 2024-25.

French inverter manufacturer Imeon Energy has developed an inverter which is claimed to have conversion efficiency of 99%.

Solar manufacturer JinkoSolar has ended 2023 with 78.5GW of solar modules shipped, up 76.4% year-over-year.

Chinese companies supplied half of US PV modules in 2023, but Indian imports are growing as restrictions on Chinese products tighten.

Cambodia-based solar manufacturer Imperial Star Solar has launched a silicon wafer manufacturing plant in Laos with a 4GW annual nameplate capacity.

The polysilicon factory will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons and is expected to be operational in 2025.