Manufacturing

LONGi launches two BC solar modules in Australia, aiming to outvalue TOPCon and push integrated PV-plus-storage systems in its top market.

Raana Semiconductors has signed a pre-order deal to supply domestically produced ingot-growing equipment to Indian PV manufacturer Swelect HHV Solar Photovoltaics.

German solar cell production equipment company Singulus Technologies has secured a supply contract with SpaceX.

Module manufacturer Heliene and perovskite solar company Caelux have started commercial-scale production of a hybrid-tandem solar module for the US market.

Qcells has passed all evaluation categories in module reliability tests conducted by Kiwa PVEL and the Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC) for US-made solar modules.

Solar equipment manufacturer Ecoprogetti has announced that it has deployed a solar PV module recycling plant in Sale, northern Italy.

The development of next-generation perovskite solar technology offers Indian PV manufacturers a viable route to owning their intellectual property rather than licensing or importing it because the global science still remains in development.

Space Machines Company (SMC) and SunDrive Solar have started developing Australian-made solar arrays for spacecraft.

Germany's Solarwatt has received regulatory consent for a new bifacial TOPCon module designed for BIPV applications.

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