Fab & Facilities

The “American Tax Dollars for American Solar Manufacturing Act” was introduced yesterday by a bipartisan group of senators.

Wacker Polysilicon generated €232 million in sales from April through June 2024, down from €513 million in the same period 2023.

PV Tech Premium spoke with Oxford PV's CEO about bringing perovskite solar products to market and the conditions for future innovation.

Michael Parr explores the announcements from inverter, glass, frame, backsheet and other non-silicon producers in the US solar supply chain.

The EU and the US are leading efforts to reduce the carbon intensity of PV manufacturing through targeted import tariffs. As well as supporting decarbonisation efforts, such policies could also promote geographic diversification in the solar supply chain and greater supply resilience, writes Michael Parr of the Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance.

US solar manufacturer First Solar has opened its new research and development (R&D) centre in Ohio after almost two years of construction.

Saudi Arabia's PIF has signed two solar PV manufacturing agreements with Chinese manufacturers JinkoSolar and TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy.

Chinese solar manufacturing giant JinkoSolar will build a 10GW n-type solar cell and module manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia.

The US Solar Energy Manufacturers for America (SEMA) coalition has reiterated its calls for an update to the Domestic Content tax credit for solar products.

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued a draft rule raising the minimum capital ratio for solar PV manufacturing projects to 30%.