Materials

US-based solar manufacturer Thornova Solar has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with PV solutions provider Nextpower to incorporate steel frames into certain modules.

NSW will provide AU$225 million in new funding to support domestic manufacturing of low-carbon products and renewable energy components.

US solar glass producer Stewart Glass is expanding its facility in Ohio with a new production line expected in 2027.

Australia will return AU$1.3 billion in uncommitted funding from clean energy manufacturing programmes as part of broader budget savings.

In this interview, UNSW's Yansong warns the solar industry will exhaust global silver reserves in five years unless commercial-scale recycling infrastructure is developed.

Despite softening demand momentum, premium solar module prices across Europe continued to rise in April.

A report has found measurable improvements in the performance of technologies used for recycling crystalline silicon and thin-film PV modules.

Germany's Fraunhofer ISE has opened a new lab to support the commercialisation of perovskite-silicon PV technology.

Solex Energy has signed an MoU with the Government of Gujarat to establish a 5GW solar cell manufacturing facility alongside a 10GW energy storage plant in the state.  

“We have copper shortages, aluminium shortages [and] all kinds of raw materials are struggling,” says Global Electronics Association's CEO, John Mitchell.