Manufacturing

Plans for the US’ “first end-to-end” solar PV critical materials recovery and recycling facility have been announced.

This week's PV Chart of the Week profiles the technology breakdown of projected US solar module production capacity.

PV Talk: PERC has the potential to be a “workhorse” in the US cell manufacturing space, Suniva's Matt Card tells PV Tech Premium.

US-based solar tracker and balance-of-system provider Array Technologies has opened a new manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Suniva has raised US$835 million to support the development of a new 4.5GW cell manufacturing facility in South Carolina.

JinkoSolar has become the second major Chinese PV producer to remove “solar” from its name to reflect its evolving business activities.

The US added 17.1GW of renewable energy in Q2 2026, while its project pipeline reached a record 204.6GW, according to the American Clean Power Association.

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).

Solarworld Energy has partnered with EPC and solar developer Rays Power Infra to develop a 2.4GW solar PV cell manufacturing facility.

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.