PV module manufacturer Suntech has signed a cooperation agreement to build a 10GW TOPCon high-efficiency cell production manufacturing hub in the Chinese province of Anhui.
The European Commission has approved Romania’s €259 million scheme to support investments in the production, assembly and recycling of batteries, PV cells and solar panels.
Silicon prices have marginally increased in the last week, according to the latest figures from the Silicon Industry Branch of China Nonferrous Metal Industry Association published on 15 February.
Solar tracker manufacturer PV Hardware has planned to build a new solar structure and tracker facility occupying 65,000m2 in an industrial park in Valencia, Spain.
Indian PV manufacturer Emmvee has partnered with Fraunhofer ISO – a leading solar research centre – to build a 1.5GW solar cell manufacturing facility near Bangalore, southern India.
The renewable energy arm of power generation group Enel has signed a financing agreement with banking group UniCredit to finance the expansion of a solar panel factory in Catania, Sicily.
US PV incentives should be entirely focused on solar cell manufacturing in the short term, with maximum incentive rates given to domestic solar cell production that ultimately has a risk-free supply chain of materials and equipment, writes Finlay Colville, head of research at PV Tech.
US solar tracker manufacturer FTC has formed a domestic joint venture with Thailand-headquartered steel fabricator Taihua New Energy to produce steel components for solar projects.
