Manufacturing

Pahal Solar has broken ground on a new fully-automated facility, which will expand the company’s manufacturing capacity to 1.8GW.

Swedish manufacturer Nordcell has revealed plans to build a 1.2GW module manufacturing plant in northern Sweden.

Australia has launched the Solar Sunshot programme, a US$650 million (A$1 billion) investment for the Australian module manufacturing sector.

Prefabricated solar structure provider 5B has made a number of investments into its prefabrication business in both the US and India.

US Senators Jon Ossof and Reverend Raphael Warnock have urged the Biden administration to support the domestic solar manufacturing industry.

Heliene has signed an agreement with solar cell manufacturer Suniva to source cells from the latter's manufacturing plant in the US.

Polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon has delayed the timeframe of its first shipment from its Moses Lake facility from end of first quarter 2024 to early Q2 2024.

MNRE divides CdTe thin-film modules into three categories: utility or grid-scale power plants, rooftop and solar pumping, and solar lighting.

Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has initiated a TOPCon patent infringement lawsuit against Canadian Solar in the US.

Tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell and module technology will dominate the mainstream of the solar PV market in 2024-25.