Manufacturing

The global solar manufacturing sector has been struggling with a series of low-quality modules and installations, according to Matt Campbell.

Inverter supplier SMA Solar Technology will put an inverter production site in the US with an annual capacity of 3.5GW.

Jietai Solar speaks with PV Tech about the launch of its new TOPCon solar cell product and its focus on global expansion.

Xinjiang Daqo, the Chinese subsidiary of polysilicon manufacturer Daqo New Energy, has signed an investment agreement to build a new silicon-based facility in China.

Professor Martin Green expects the larger companies to survive the current pressures in the solar industry which keeps adding capacity.

PV Tech Premium spoke with Martin Green on n-type technology, China's solar dominance, perovskite and promising markets.

On 6 December, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association released the latest transaction prices for solar-grade polysilicon.

A shortage of US-made cells and other materials means ongoing reliance on imports to match domestic module capacity, according to CEA.

Despite the gigawatts of recent domestic module manufacturing announcements, Clean Energy Associates expects the US market to depend on imports for years to come

The tests conducted on DMEGC Solar n-type modules include thermal cycling, damp heat, mechanical load, ultraviolet composite, potential induced degradation (PID).