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Meyer Burger's Thalheim facility in Germany.
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Meyer Burger on the edge following German cell production insolvency

June 2, 2025
Struggling Swiss solar manufacturer Meyer Burger has announced that its two German subsidiaries, including the owner of its solar cell manufacturing facility in Thalheim, are insolvent.
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Fraunhofer ISE unveils new HJT cell using ‘one-tenth’ of silver

April 28, 2025
Fraunhofer ISE has developed a solar cell which uses “one-tenth” of the amount of silver as a standard cell.
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Hanwha to buy REC Silicon for US$88.8 million, shareholders criticise ‘lowball’ offer

April 28, 2025
Beleaguered Norwegian silicon producer REC Silicon has received a buyout offer from its largest shareholder, Hanwha Corporation.
The technology in question replaces the silver traditionally used in solar cell production with copper. Image: SolarCycle.

OnePlanet targets ‘untapped’ US circular PV recycling economy with US$21 million financing

April 24, 2025
US material recovery firm OnePlanet has closed two financing deals to aid the development of a solar module recycling facility in Florida.
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PV Price Watch: polysilicon prices decline again as market turns pessimistic about H2 demand outlook

April 23, 2025
The latest polysilicon pricing report from the Silicon Industry Branch reveals a lukewarm spot market with modest price drops.
Polysilicon prices continue to remain at low prices. Image: Wacker

OCI Holdings delays Malaysian polysilicon IPO amid market turmoil

April 15, 2025
Korean chemical firm OCI Holdings has reportedly paused public listing plans for its Malaysian polysilicon business amid global stock market uncertainty.
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GCL backs FBR over Siemens process to ‘remain competitive’ in cutthroat polysilicon industry

April 2, 2025
GCL Technology has removed itself from the Xinjiang region and abandoned the Siemens method of polysilicon production.
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Spain allocates more than €210 million to solar PV manufacturing

March 31, 2025
The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded funding to seven solar PV manufacturing projects with more than €210 million.
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Gstar receives PV wafer equipment at 3GW plant in Indonesia

March 31, 2025
Gstar Solar has received solar equipment - monocrystalline growth furnaces - for its 3GW wafer manufacturing plant in Indonesia.
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Global solar module manufacturing capacity to reach 1.8TW in 2025 – report

March 24, 2025
This would be treble the installations registered globally in 2024, with China controlling most of the supply chain.

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