Manufacturing

The European Solar Manufacturing Council offers several recommendations for the EU and solar companies to address forced labour in the supply chain.

US thin-film cadmium telluride (CadTel) solar PV manufacturer First Solar has broken ground on a new, 3.5GW fully integrated manufacturing plant in Iberia Parish, Louisiana.

Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has secured 4GWp of solar module contracts during the RE+ event in Las Vegas.

Solar PV manufacturer Silfab Solar has planned to invest US$150 million in a new solar cell plant in York County, South Carolina.

Tristan Erion-Lorico, VP of Sales and Marketing at PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), on the Inflation Reduction Act and its implications for the selection of materials going into producing solar modules.

Sungrow has unveiled its latest floating solar system, which it has said is “suitable for the North American market”.

PV Hardware has announced that it expects to finish construction at its tracker manufacturing facility in the US state of Texas by October.

US solar tracker manufacturer Array Technologies has signed two deals to strengthen its domestic supply chain.

The US DFC has announced plans to invest US$425 million into TP Solar, to build a 4.3GW solar cell and module manufacturing plant in India.

Canadian PV manufacturer Heliene has secured US$170 million to grow its existing module assembly plant with two new 300MW lines.