Manufacturing

Raana Semiconductors is targeting the launch of a commercial-grade 12-inch CZ ingot growth machine within the next 10–12 months.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has finalised antidumping and countervailing duty rates on crystalline silicon PV cells imported from India, Indonesia and Laos, with combined rates reaching 249.13% for Indian manufacturers.

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).