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Despite India’s ambitious solar targets, challenges remain on policy, financing and grid infrastructure. Simon Yuen talks to experts in the solar industry to examine the challenges and opportunities in the Indian market.

LONGi Solar said that wafer prices had continued to fall below the cost since the second quarter of the year.

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo looks at Southern Europe, where pricing, grid capacity and the ban of PV on farmland are causing headaches.

Photovoltaic module technology has entered the n-type TOPCon era. This article provides an overview of Jinko’s n-type TOPCon technology, highlighting Jinko’s efforts to help improve the efficiency, reliability, system compatibility and economy of the Tiger Neo module. The power generation gain brought by Tiger Neo module is proved by practical application cases. Jinko will also meet the changing market needs in the future, driving the industry towards higher efficiency and lower LCOE.

Several Chinese provinces have suspended the approval of new distributed PV projects amid concerns over available grid capacity.

With the involvement of new companies in solar, this influx of actors without experience could pose risks for solar project financing.

Caroline Plaza looks at how new business models involving farmers, landowners and energy companies could open up new opportunities in agriPV.

Last year saw 96GW of distributed PV installed in China, an all-time record. But as Carrie Xiao reports, even as the distributed market segment begins to surge, problems associated with its rapid development are beginning to emerge

Laser-assisted firing is a major breakthrough in solar technology, according to a scientist from Australia’s University of New South Wales.

Against the backdrop of uncertain economics in the PV sector as a whole, the price of high-purity quartz sand has also fallen.