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).
Intertek CEA’s Jordan Wilson discusses how buyers can protect themselves from the ramp-up risk that can emerge after new PV manufacturing facilities begin production.
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.