Manufacturing

PV Tech spoke to Mike Carr, executive director of the Solar Energy Manufacturers for America (SEMA) Coalition, about US solar manufacturing.

2024 has been marked with a downturn in the solar industry, with companies shutting down, laying off employees or restructuring its business. Here, PV Tech runs down its top 10 stories of the past 12 months.

The US general election and its aftermath, along with struggles from Western inverter manufacturers have dominated Q4 news in 2024.

The demise of SunPower and the ongoing struggles of Maxeon dominated the news in Q3 2024, along with forecasts of a lengthy industry downturn.

As the year comes to an end, PV Tech speaks to GCL SI's Zhang Kun about the company’s highlights in 2024, and its plans for 2025.

In the final days of 2024, PV Tech is looking back at the stories that dominated the headlines in each quarter of the year.

The 28.6% efficiency rating was certified by the CalLab at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE).

To avoid competition with China, Pakistan could build 100-150W panels for farming and off-grid uses, says the Pakistan Solar Association.

The ingot and wafer plant in Norway had an annual nameplate capacity of 1GW, according to the company’s website.

The company uses direct “gas-to-wafer” epitaxial technology to produce its solar wafers which achieved 24.4% efficiency on HJT cells.