Manufacturing

German quality assurance and testing centre TÜV Rheinland has finalised its investment into a new US base, the Technology and Innovation Centre in Boxborough, Massachusetts.

Tongwei Solar has presented its latest n-type TOPCon half-cut cell module products at the 6th China International PV Industry Conference in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan province.

Armor Group says its experience in the French, German and wider European markets can support Holosolis' commercial development.

Everything seems to be pointing to the solar PV manufacturing sector going into a downturn in 2024, with loss-making potentially rife across much of the upstream sector.

Chinese solar manufacturer Huasun has claimed a “record-breaking” power output and conversion efficiency for its heterojunction technology (HJT) modules.

In October, Turkish energy minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Turkey will need to install 5GW of solar and wind capacity every year until 2035, as renewables have great potential to meet the 2035 target of ‘supplying reliable and affordable energy in an environmentally friendly manner’.

Global solar manufacturer Canadian Solar will build a 5GW n-type wafer production facility in Chonburi, Thailand.

Test lab for solar developers PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has announced updates to its Product Qualification Program (PQP) with four major changes.

China will account for 95% of the announced global n-type cell capacity in 2026, while the solar market is switching its focus to n-type cells

LONGi has developed a crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell with a power conversion efficiency of 33.9%, the highest on record.