Modules

Module manufacturer JA Solar has signed a PV module supply agreement with engineering, procurement and construction company Samsung C&T for a PV power plant project in Qatar.

Solar equipment manufacturer SC Solar has signed a 5.2GW heterojunction module automation production line supply agreement with Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries.

Chinese module manufacturer Risen Energy has revealed its plan to expand the production capacity of its Hyper-ion solar cell and module to 15GW in 2023.

PV manufacturer Goldi Solar is planning to participate in India’s expanded production-linked incentive (PLI) programme as it bids to ramp up its module and cell production to 6GW and 5GW, respectively, by the end of 2025.

Trina Solar US has announced that its 6.5GW PV wafer manufacturing facility in Vietnam specifically designated to supply the US market will be online in mid-2023.

Despite the headwinds impacting module supply and solar deployment, India’s solar market is expected to emerge from a slow 2023 with significant growth and feel the benefit of the country’s protectionist domestic manufacturing policies.

Polysilicon prices have continued their downward slump, with a weekly decrease of 20%, now nearing the US$20/kg mark.

A group of key stakeholders in the PV industry has called for measures for a competitive domestic European PV upstream value chain.

Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member JA Solar is planning to build its first module manufacturing facility in the US.

Qcells has announced plans for a fully integrated US solar manufacturing supply chain, aiming to manufacture solar ingots and wafers in the country as well as expand its module supply capacity.