Manufacturing

French startup Heliup has secured €10 million in an investment round of financing for a 100MW lightweight module assembly line in France.

Spanish utility Iberdrola and Spanish solar PV manufacturer Exiom have received the first equipment for the production of solar PV modules in Spain.

2023 is on track to be a “record year” for solar PV installations in the US; through August, 8.4GW of utility-scale solar was installed, 50% more than the equivalent point in 2022. In those deployments, some trends have emerged.

Ampt and Enphase discuss the importance of optimising solar inverters, and what this could change in the broader energy industry.

The German government is considering the possibility of imposing trade barriers on Chinese-imported solar modules and components to Europe, according to Reuters.

Nextracker explains how its new products were made with a focus to the increased diversity of projects locations and weather conditions.

Gautam Solar plans to double its annual module production capacity to 2GW by the end of next year through an investment of US$17 million.

SolarSpace has started cell production at its latest manufacturing facility, a 5GW factor in the Saysettha Development Zone in Laos.

US solar manufacturer Toledo Solar has settled its lawsuit with cadmium-telluride (CadTel) thin film solar manufacturer First Solar for an undisclosed amount.

The expansion of solar PV and battery storage is keeping the global net zero 1.5 degree pathway open, and the current host of planned manufacturing capacity expansions will be enough to meet demand by 2030.