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On March 22, the Silicon Industry branch updated the latest silicon price information, which maintained a descending trend.

Last week, French PV startup Carbon announced plans for an integrated European PV manufacturing facility to produce an initial capacity of 5GW of cells and 3.5GW of modules. The company spoke to PV Tech Premium about its short and long-term plans, and why Europe needs a PV manufacturing ecosystem.

JinkoSolar has finished 2022 with 44.5GW of solar modules shipped globally and expects to have 60% of all shipments in 2023 from its n-type products.

On 8 March, the Silicon Industry Branch updated the latest information on silicon material prices, which have fallen by as much as 4.8% year-on-year.

After the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, solar PV and storage are expected to create up to 115,000 manufacturing workers in the US by 2030.

LONGi Green Energy announced the latest silicon wafer prices on 3 March, with quotes for p-type M10 150μm mono wafers (182/247mm) increasing by 4%.

The stage is set for the emergence of an ultra-low-cost PV industry based on epitaxial solar wafers and other highly scalable, high-efficiency technologies, writes Davor Sutija, CEO of NexWafe.

A number of solar module manufacturers have reportedly bid for financial incentives offered by the Indian government to expand domestic manufacturing of solar panels.

Solar wafer manufacturer Shangji Automation has signed a supply deal worth RMB5.91 billion (US$856 million) and has launched a large-scale fundraising project to accelerate its capacity expansion.

Higher polysilicon average selling prices (ASP) have led polysilicon producer Daqo New Energy to register a record US$4.6 billion in revenue in 2022.