Manufacturing

Utility giant Engie North America has incorporated a precycling provision to incorporate solar panel and project component recycling into power purchase agreements (PPA) at four solar PV plants across the Midwest, US.

The solar manufacturing and module purchasing community met in Napa to answer the question of 'what next?' for module supply in uncertain times.

The US Senate Finance Committee draft bill is a “stake in the heart” of US solar manufacturing, according to Democrat senator, Ron Wyden.

T1 Energy has selected a local construction company, and secured a tax abatement package, to develop a Texas cell manufacturing factory.

Aesolar and Fraunhofer CSP are developing segmented solar modules optimised for rooftops with partial shading.

New solar manufacturing facilities show higher rates of product defects, PV Tech has heard from Joerg Althaus of Clean Energy Associates.

PV Tech spoke with Joerg Althaus of CEA about the under-explored issues with solar racking, trackers and other technical concerns.

Traditional PV inspection methods using direct current polarisation have proved unreliable in detecting certain issues. Researchers from Enertis Applus+ detail a new approach to defect detection aimed at improving the efficiency of PV system maintenance and performance analysis.

Indian module manufacturer Ahaan Solar has started construction of a 2GW solar module assembly plant in Rohnat, Haryana.

US-based solar module manufacturer Bila Solar has begun production at its manufacturing facility in Indiana.