Manufacturing

Solex will 'explore' the development of a 2GW solar cell production facility with the capacity to ramp up to 5GW.

New Mexico lawmakers have approved up to US$942 million in bonds to support the development of Ebon Solar’s cell manufacturing facility.

Solar manufacturer SEG Solar has started construction on a 5GW TOPCon vertically integrated – from ingots to modules – solar PV plant in Indonesia.

Heliene has closed a US$50 million tax credit transfer sale to support its cell and module manufacturing expansion in the United States.

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film manufacturer First Solar has inaugurated a 3.5GW facility in Alabama, US.

Utility Puget Sound Energy has signed contracts for a solar PV project developed by Qcells and a standalone battery storage project from Brightnight and Cordelio Power in Washington, US.

Graphene manufacturer First Graphene revealed a supply agreement yesterday (27 September) with Australian perovskite (PV) solar cell manufacturer Halocell Energy to provide a new coating product for the PV cells.

Researchers from Fraunhofer ISE have developed a perovskite silicon solar cell with a power conversion efficiency of 31.6%.

Chinese module manufacturer JA Solar has inked a 1GW solar PV module distribution agreement with Australia’s One Stop Warehouse (OSW), covering the European, US and Asia-Pacific markets.

The average price of n-type material last week reached RMB41,700/ton (US$5,933), up 0.24% month-on-month, while other quotations remained stable, according to the latest figures.