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A Vikram Solar manufacturing facility.

Avaada to build 5GW TOPCon cell plant in India

October 8, 2024
Once complete, the project is intended to produce 5GW of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) cells and 3GW of modules.
Alpex Solar is currently increasing its module nameplate capacity from 450MW to over 2GW across two assembly plants in India. Image: Alpex Solar.

Alpex Solar to build 1.6GW solar cell plant in India

October 7, 2024
Alpex Solar's solar cell foray will be carried out in three phases with the first one adding 500MW annual nameplate capacity by October 2025.
Runergy employees with the first solar panel produced at the Alabama plant, US

Runergy commissions 2GW Alabama module production plant

October 4, 2024
Chinese solar PV manufacturer Runergy has started production of n-type modules at its 2GW annual nameplate capacity plant in Alabama, US.
A Trina Solar manufacturing facility.

Trina Solar files patent infringement with US ITC

October 4, 2024
Trina Solar has filed a patent infringement complaint with the US ITC regarding TOPCon products sold by Runergy and Adani Green Energy.
PV CellTech USA is the first in the conference series dedicated to US manufacturing. Image: PV Tech

New US cell capacity would be ‘pivotal moment’ in PV landscape – Finlay Colville

October 4, 2024
“The required investment and technical know-how [for establishing cell capacity] is significantly more complex and substantial [than modules]”, Colville said.
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As US imposes new tariffs on Chinese solar cells, concerns over China’s WTO challenge to IRA downplayed

October 4, 2024
A prominent US renewable energy lawyer has told PV Tech Premium that a Chinese challenge to the Inflation Reduction Act through the World Trade Organization should not be a cause for alarm.
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Goldi Solar to expand module capacity to 14GW by FY26

October 3, 2024
By mid FY2026, Goldi Solar aims to increase PV module capacity from 3GW to 14GW, while it will build a 4GW solar cell plant by FY2027.
Delegates of United Solar Holding and Oman in the ground breaking celebration of a polysilicon factory

United Solar secures US$156 million financing for polysilicon plant in Oman

October 3, 2024
United Solar is currently building a 100,000 ton polysilicon factory in Oman which it expects to be operational in 2025.
First Solar worker at the company's thin-film manufacturing facility in Alabama

Who are the winners and losers from the latest AD/CVD ruling?

October 3, 2024
The DOC's CVD ruling is a short-term win for certain manufacturers and a possible setback for many others in the US value chain.
Shipping containers on a boat.

Turkey applies solar antidumping tariffs to 5 countries, exempts 4 major manufacturers

October 2, 2024
According to the Vietnamese Department of Trade Remedies, the Turkish government has exempted four major solar manufacturers from the tariffs.

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