Modules

Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar has launched a new n-type industrial tunnel oxide passivated contacts (i-TOPCon) module designed for commercial and industrial rooftops.

The statement came on the same day that European solar manufacturing stalwart Meyer Burger announced plans to abandon its module assembly plant in Germany because of the lack of support afforded to manufacturers in Europe.

PV manufacturer Meyer Burger has decided to close its module assembly plant in Germany and focus on its footprint in the US.

Dutch-German solar testing firm Sinovoltaics will expand its operations in the US market as a result of the solar and battery energy storage manufacturing “boom” stimulated by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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.

Canadian Solar has delivered its first 700W TOPCon modules, which were made in the US, to US solar distributor Signature Solar.

Meyer Burger has started “receiving shipments of equipment and tools” at its newest manufacturing facility in the US state of Arizona.

Indian integrated energy company Tata Power Renewable Energy has signed two memoranda of understanding (MOU) with the state government of Tamil Nadu for renewable energy project development and solar manufacturing.

Located in Tamil Nadu, the manufacturing plant produces First Solar’s Series 7 thin film cadmium telluride (CdTe) modules.

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).