Manufacturing

Solar manufacturing giant Canadian Solar has opened the first phase of a 6GW heterojunction technology (HJT) solar cell facility in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

PV Tech Premium spoke with Mike Carr, executive director of the SEMA Coalition, about the hollowing out of domestic demand for US solar manufacturing under the Trump administration, the way that US companies are piecing together supply chains and the reasons to still hope for the sector’s future.  

Chinese solar cell and module manufacturer Aiko has received a “PV Module Anti-Ignition Hazard” certification from German technical advisory firm TÜV Rheinland.

Taiwanese solar PV manufacturers Sino-American Silicon Products and United Renewable Energy Co. have formed a joint venture to establish a module assembly plant in the US.

Chinese solar manufacturer Dinto Solar has won a bid to supply 1GW of heterojunction (HJT) solar modules to the China Datang Corporation

US perovskite solar technology company Caelux has signed two agreements with Indian solar manufacturers to produce perovskite-silicon “Hybrid Tandem” modules.

A South Carolina circuit court has upheld a decision by the York County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) that solar panel manufacturing is not a permitted activity in the county’s Light Industrial zoning district, a setback for Silfab Solar.

Perovskite innovators Oxford PV and Caelux are part of a new AI-enabled research network set up to accelerate breakthroughs in materials science.

Recycling solution firm Comstock Metals and module manufacturer Illuminate USA have signed a solar material recycling services agreement.

After over a decade, China is revising its long-running consumption tax exemption policy for PV cells and a range of battery products.