Manufacturing

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Thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar has decided to reduce its module production output in Malaysia and Vietnam for a combined 1GW in 2025.

Solar manufacturer Solx Energy has signed a PV frame supply agreement with steel frame producer Origami Solar for its module assembly plant in Puerto Rico.

Australia-based solar module recycling group Lotus Energy has confirmed it will build a US$250 million recycling facility in Saxony, Germany.

Goldi Solar has launched India’s first AI-powered solar manufacturing line, with an enormous 14GW of planned production capacity.

The company signed the financing MoU with the New and Renewable Energy Department of the Madhya Pradesh government.

Fabral will join a number of other US steel manufacturers supplying racking and tubing to the US solar industry.

The decline reflects the broad trend across the solar manufacturing industry, where severe downward pressure on prices—brought about by an excess of product supply—has squeezed manufacturers' margins and pushed some into the red.

Despite strong numbers forecast for 2025, this would represent a year-on-year decline from China's 277GW of solar PV installed in 2024.

The deal follows the start of production at ES Foundry’s 3GW nameplate capacity manufacturing plant in January.