Materials

The US has published new limits on polysilicon imports to the US ahead of new tariffs coming into force on 4 December.

Recycling solution firm Comstock Metals and its parent company, Comstock, have started operations at its solar panel recycling facility in Silver Springs, Nevada.

GameChange commissioned trackers at a 283MWp South Africa project, while Gonvarri secured a 389MWp Chile contract.

Guidance on China’s new national PV standards details how the regulatory environment is set to tighten for the country’s PV manufacturers.

Raana Semiconductors is targeting the launch of a commercial-grade 12-inch CZ ingot growth machine within the next 10–12 months.

Solar PV will play a major role in global demand for critical minerals in the coming decades, according to a report from the International Energy Agency Photovoltaics Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS).

As a platform designed to map full industrial ecosystems, MAPPES.io is helping identify gaps and bottlenecks in PV manufacturing hotspots such as the US and India, explains its CEO, Ankit Singhal.

Germany and the wider EU can use its research and development strengths to stay competitive in the global solar PV manufacturing industry, according to a group of industry and research bodies.

The US PV manufacturing sector is set to make huge strides by 2030, but with some upstream constraints unresolved and question marks over future demand drivers.

Scientists in Japan have developed a new approach which they claim can improve the durability of tin-based perovskite solar cells.