Modules

In this interview, UNSW's Yansong warns the solar industry will exhaust global silver reserves in five years unless commercial-scale recycling infrastructure is developed.

Despite softening demand momentum, premium solar module prices across Europe continued to rise in April.

Solar manufacturer SEG Solar has unveiled a new module assembly plant in the US with a 4GW annual nameplate capacity.

Australia's utility-scale solar sector must halve generation costs to around AU$25-30/MWh (US$18-22/MWh) to unlock a pipeline of projects capable of delivering the 10GW of annual capacity additions needed for decarbonisation, according to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

A report has found measurable improvements in the performance of technologies used for recycling crystalline silicon and thin-film PV modules.

Germany's Fraunhofer ISE has opened a new lab to support the commercialisation of perovskite-silicon PV technology.

TPREL has proposed investment of up to INR65 billion (US$685 million) to establish a 10GW solar PV ingot and wafer manufacturing plant. 

US community solar developer Renewable Properties has acquired 118MW of cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar modules from US solar manufacturer First Solar.

Leading solar PV manufacturer JinkoSolar's module shipments have continued to decline in the first quarter of 2026, with 13.7GW.

Chinese solar manufacturering giant JinkoSolar has signed two solar module supply agreements totalling 600MW in Nigeria.