Manufacturing

The report said that tandem modules need a minimum efficiency of 25% to be competitive with other solar technologies on price.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has awarded polysilicon producer Hemlock Semiconductor up to US$325 million in direct funding.

Finlay Colville, head of market research at PV Tech, reveals the top ten PV module suppliers last year which comprises only Chinese manufacturers.

Trinasolar has become the first company to achieve certification under the Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) ESG Standard.

PV Tech Premium spoke to Borosil's Pradeep Kheruka about glass import numbers and how a communication error may have impacted media reports.

US PV manufacturer Silfab Solar has signed a 350MW module supply agreement with independent power producer (IPP) Pivot Energy.

Chinese solar manufacturer Trinasolar has set a 25.44% module efficiency record with a solar total passivation (TOPAS) heterojunction (HJT) PV module.

Indian solar module manufacturer Waaree Energies has started trial production at its 5.4GW cell production facility in Chikhli, Gujarat.

US-based solar recycling company SolarPanelRecycling.com (SPR) has launched an automated dedicated bifacial module recycling line in the US.

Round-up of news from China with solar module manufacturers Trina Solar, GCL-Perovskite and Chinese firm Shanghai Electric.