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.
PERC, TOPCon or HJT? In the fourth of five articles this week, Moustafa Ramadan and Joe Hennessy of PV Tech Research examine emerging technology trends in US solar cell and module manufacturing.
In the third part of this week’s series exploring the US solar supply chain, we track how quickly announced manufacturing capacity is translating into real production.
US module production is at a near saturation point, but significant capacity gaps persist further up the supply chain, writes head of PV Tech Research, Moustafa Ramadan.
