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Several US senators have urged the Biden Administration to increase tariffs on Chinese-made PV module, cell and wafer imports, claiming they are a threat to US solar manufacturing.

Germany's BSW has announced a proposal to restore and strengthen the entire value chain of the European solar production industry.

US tracker manufacturer GameChange Solar has opened a 2.5GW solar tracker facility in the eastern region of Bahia, Brazil.

PV Tech spoke with Jinko’s Victor Wei and Wally Zang, Senior IR Director and Technical Service Centre  General Manager respectively, about the company’s investment in TOPCon, its fully vertically integrated plant currently being built in China’s Shanxi province and how it is looking at module products for deployment in offshore solar projects subject to hail conditions.

Chinese manufacturer Tongwei is to invest RMB28 billion (US$3.9 billion) in expanding its silicon production capacity.

The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) has written an open letter to the EU calling for “robust regulation” of forced labour in the solar supply chain.

Europe has to find a balance between a rapid need to scale up PV manufacturing capacity and innovation to remain competitive, according to a report from The European Technology & Innovation Platforms for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV).

As 2023 comes to an end, PV Tech is looking back on the year in solar, reflecting on some of the biggest trends of the last 12 months.

The strength of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is dependent on other implemented policies, according to Giovanni Bertolino, head of 3Sun USA.

The head of 3Sun USA speaks with PV Tech Premium about IRA's ongoing challenges, from disparity of module capacity to high interest rates.