Manufacturing

US polysilicon company Highland Materials has aimed to begin construction at its polysilicon plant in the second half of 2026.

Indian solar manufacturer Waaree Energies has acquired a 64% equity stake in power transformer manufacturing company Kotsons.

PV Talk: Highland Materials' CEO Richard Rast explains how the company aims to compete in the polysilicon landscape through US innovation.

ARENA has launched the second funding round of its AU$1 billion Solar Sunshot programme, making AU$150 million available.

Chinese solar manufacturer Trinasolar has signed a patent licence agreement with French module manufacturing startup Holosolis to use its TOPCon solar cell technology.

Huasun claims it has set new record efficiencies for HJT-perovskite tandem solar cells at both laboratory and commercial scales.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) will build a pilot solar cell line in Germany to support US manufacturer Talon PV’s efforts to establish solar cell capacity in the US.

Solar Organic Centro España is planning to build a 10GW solar module and battery manufacturing facility in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha.

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to continue the investigation on imported solar cells from India, Indonesia and Laos.

Chinese module maker JA Solar has launched DesertBlue, a PV module designed for desert and semi-arid regions.