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Pahal Solar has broken ground on a new fully-automated facility, which will expand the company’s manufacturing capacity to 1.8GW.

JMK Research has found that India installed 6.5GW of new utility-scale capacity in 2023, alongside 3GW of new rooftop capacity.

Australia has launched the Solar Sunshot programme, a US$650 million (A$1 billion) investment for the Australian module manufacturing sector.

Prefabricated solar structure provider 5B has made a number of investments into its prefabrication business in both the US and India.

The pricing dynamics within the photovoltaic industry chain are witnessing a split, with noticeable drops in polysilicon and wafer prices.

The G12R series silicon wafers, at 2382x1134mm, boast new cell technology that is both self-developed and self-produced.

The Solar Energy Manufacturers for America (SEMA) Coalition has called for a “strengthening [of] the domestic supply chain”.

CSIRO researchers have developed a roll-to-roll printed solar cell with a power conversion efficiency as high as 15.5%.

Trina Solar has improved the power conversion efficiency of its Vertex N series of TOPCon modules by 0.3%.

JA Solar has signed memoranda of understanding with three Pakistani companies to supply 600MW of n-type PV modules.