Americas

Over 90% of solar industry professionals report a growing project deployment pipeline in 2026, but new projects that are abandoned before completion now account for almost half of all project pipelines.

Thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar module manufacturer First Solar has adjusted its enforcement of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) intellectual property (IP) strategy.

Two community solar platforms in the US have closed over US$370 million of financing to fund 200MW of new projects in New York and Illinois.

DYCM’s co-founder Sriram Das talks about US solar manufacturing, domestic supply chains and navigating shifting policy.

Solar project developers ought to move away from a 'throwing spaghetti at the wall' approach, says Glint Solar's Simen Fure Jørgensen.

Brazil has installed 891MW of utility-scale solar PV in August 2026, according to recent data from the country’s regulatory agency, the National Electricity Agency (ANEEL).

Researchers from Georgia Tech have developed TOPCon solar cells that use copper paste with a maximum conversion efficiency of 24.3%.

Chilean utility Copec has acquired the Tamarico II solar-plus-storage project from Greek renewables developer Metlen Energy & Metals.

Plans for the US’ “first end-to-end” solar PV critical materials recovery and recycling facility have been announced.

This week's PV Chart of the Week profiles the technology breakdown of projected US solar module production capacity.