Manufacturing

Solar PV equipment provider Mondragon Assembly has received an order from BVG India to develop a multi-gigawatt automated PV manufacturing line.

With many similarities to the Greek solar market, Romania is on track to accelerate its solar deployment in the coming years.

Independent power producer (IPP) Silicon Ranch has secured an additional 700MW thin-film module supply with module manufacturer First Solar.

National Grid Renewables has signed a 140MW PPA with chocolate makers The Hershey Company in the second such deal between the two companies.

GCL System Integration Technology (GCL-SI) has received TÜV Rheinland certification for its 210mm and 182mm n-type TOPCon modules.

Trina Solar has launched a new n-type module to its Vertex series with an 595W version for commercial and industrial (C&I) and utility-scale projects.

PV Tech Premium sat down with Solar Media’ head of market research, Finlay Colville, to discuss the latest trends in solar modules, different cells technologies and the expected impact of PV manufacturing buildouts in Europe and India

US module manufacturer Toledo Solar has partnered with Turkish-based material manufacturer KordSA to expand its PV manufacturing capacity across Europe and Central Asia.

Current testing for solar modules is inadequate to account for the rising severity of extreme weather events in North America, according to a report from renewable energy project underwriter GCube Insurance.

Subsidiaries of polysilicon producer Daqo New Energy have signed a five-year polysilicon supply agreement with solar wafer manufacturer Shuangliang Silicon Materials.