Modules

Fei Lu and Stephen Xuereb of PI Berlin offer an overview of the present trends in module quality assurance and likely future challenges.

US solar cell and module manufacturer Silfab Solar has completed a tax credit transfer deal with energy software company Schneider Electric.

Chinese solar manufacturer DAH Solar has started construction of a 10GW vertically integrated solar plant in China.

Carbon plans to launch the first part of its module production facility in autumn 2025, ahead of a ramp up to an annual cell capacity of 5GW.

Currently, India is striving to localise its solar supply chain but it remains tethered to international imports, writes Ali Imran Naqvi, CEO of advisory firm Gensol Group.

Solar manufacturer SEG Solar has signed a land utilisation agreement to build a 5GW vertically integrated PV manufacturing plant in Indonesia.

Global module prices are unlikely to fall much further and could begin to stabilise, the chairmen of two of China’s largest PV manufacturers, Trina Solar and JinkoSolar, have said.

The government of Serbia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese Hunan Rich Photovoltaic Science and Technology to build a 1GW solar module production facility in Serbia.

Major Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar has expanded operations at its Vietnam solar wafer manufacturing facility.

LONGi has set a new record for power conversion efficiency for silicon heterojunction back-contact (HBC) cells, of 27.3%.