Manufacturing

March 18, 2020
Our live curation of latest news and developments charts how the pandemic is disrupting supply chains and the day-to-day business reality of solar operators worldwide.
March 17, 2020
Major polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie has guided expectations of further losses from its polysilicon division, due to continued pricing pressure.
March 17, 2020
German energy firm EnBW is set to build a 187MW solar power plant northeast of Berlin in Werneuchen, Brandenburg that is planned to operate for 40 years.
March 16, 2020
Growing pandemic prompts Delaware Court of Chancery to postpone proceedings this week, meant to delve into allegations that shareholders were misled over SolarCity buy in 2016.
March 16, 2020
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, LONGi Solar is to supply its Hi-MO 4 modules with the new M6 (166mm x 166mm) wafers to a 65MW PV power plant in Japan.
March 16, 2020
Full-year 2019 financial results show PV equipment supplier is evaluating the feasibility of becoming a volume producer of HJ solar cells and modules in Europe, notably in Germany.
March 13, 2020
Leading SMSL member confirms milestones for shipments (14.3GW), gross profit (US$780.2m) and others in 2019, predicting COVID-19 will not “materially” hurt business
March 12, 2020
BloombergNEF (BNEF) has reduced its global solar demand forecast for 2020, due to the impacts from the virus crisis currently intensifying worldwide.
March 11, 2020
Major China-based polysilicon producer takes average production cost of primarily monocrystalline-grade polysilicon to industry record low of US$6.38/kg in Q4 2019, while guiding lower costs of around US$6.10/kg for Q1 2020.
March 10, 2020
China-based PV manufacturer Yingli Green Energy reports the departure of four of its independent directors, who left their positions effective March 6, 2020.

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