Manufacturing

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded funding to seven solar PV manufacturing projects with more than €210 million.

Gstar Solar has received solar equipment - monocrystalline growth furnaces - for its 3GW wafer manufacturing plant in Indonesia.

Leading Chinese module manufacturer Trinasolar has developed an 808W solar module that uses perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.

Waaree Energies has commissioned a 5.4GW cell manufacturing facility in Gujarat, the largest cell manufacturing facility in India.

Toyo Solar plans to double its annual solar PV cell production capacity in Ethiopia, East Africa.

Goldi Solar tells PV Tech Premium that plans to scale up operations from 3GW to 14GW would not have been possible without using AI.

Xinzi Optoelectronics Technology, has submitted an initial public offering (IPO) application as it looks to list on the US NASDAQ market.

This would be treble the installations registered globally in 2024, with China controlling most of the supply chain.

The president said the move was “necessary to advance the policy of the United States to restore common sense to the Federal Government."

The European Commission, along with the private partners, target to invest up to €240 million (US$260 million) each until 2030.