Materials

Global solar manufacturer Canadian Solar will build a 5GW n-type wafer production facility in Chonburi, Thailand.

Test lab for solar developers PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has announced updates to its Product Qualification Program (PQP) with four major changes.

China will account for 95% of the announced global n-type cell capacity in 2026, while the solar market is switching its focus to n-type cells

US solar tracker manufacturer Array Technologies has announced a plan to build the second manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

EDF North America has signed an agreement with Solarcycle to recycle all damaged or broken solar modules from its solar installations.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will invest AU$11 million (US$6.9 million) in Australian solar technology company SunDrive Solar to support the commercial scale-up of SunDrive’s novel solar cell metallisation technology.

Undetected faults and damage in solar PV modules, like cracks, manufacturing errors and foreign material, pose a “significant risk” to the solar industry according to a new report from US renewables firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired a 200-hectare site to build a polysilicon manufacturing facility in Townsville, Australia.

Scott Graybeal, CEO of Caelux, writes on the market opportunity for perovskite development in the US, along with its challenges for market implementation.

PV Tech launched the webinar 'The changing landscape of solar module supply to Europe', examining solar PV module supply to Europe.