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The Middle East has become a key market for Chinese PV companies, both as a source of demand for hardware and also as a hotspot for new manufacturing hubs. Carrie Xiao reports on some of the latest developments in the region.

China is reviewing the expiry of decade-old anti-dumping measures on US and South Korean polysilicon imports.

The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has awarded polysilicon producer Hemlock Semiconductor up to US$325 million in direct funding.

US-based solar recycling company SolarPanelRecycling.com (SPR) has launched an automated dedicated bifacial module recycling line in the US.

The company claimed that its US offtake customer, Hanwha Qcells, “Is not able to wait any longer for delivery of product".

Tongwei Solar and Daqo New Energy have announced that, to minimise price competition, they will reduce and control polysilicon production.

In the final days of 2024, PV Tech is looking back at the stories that dominated the headlines in each quarter of the year.

The ingot and wafer plant in Norway had an annual nameplate capacity of 1GW, according to the company’s website.

The company uses direct “gas-to-wafer” epitaxial technology to produce its solar wafers which achieved 24.4% efficiency on HJT cells.

Solar frame producer Origami Solar has partnered with industrial manufacturing services company Unimacts to establish a frame roll-forming manufacturing line in Houston, Texas.