Manufacturing

Kiwa Group on why the integration of three PV inspection and QA businesses signposts the way forward for solar reliability testing.

Chinese solar PV manufacturer JinkoSolar has achieved a 25.42% conversion efficiency with a 182mm TOPCon module.

Module manufacturer Canadian Solar has inaugurated its first production facility in the US with a 5GW TOPCon module assembly plant.

The price of solar PV modules has hit bottom in the US, in response to the latest antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition and solar tariffs.

China’s surge is not just a ripple but a tidal wave, with over US$450 billion in surplus factory investment threatening to flood the market over the next three years.

JA Solar tops the list with the score of 82.9 out of 100, followed by Trina Solar (81.7), JinkoSolar (80.8) and Canadian Solar (78.5).

The Austrian government has introduced a “made in Europe” subsidy bonus for European photovoltaic components.

The researchers adds that building a solar cell manufacturing plant in locations with less water availability will be feasible in the future.

Solar equipment provider Mondragon Assembly has secured a contract with Greek PV module manufacturer Brite Solar for the development of a 150MW semi-transparent agrivoltaics module line in Greece.