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Radovan Kopecek and Christian Peter look ahead to an event in Yiwu, China, later this month, where the wider commercialisation of high-efficiency back contact PV technology will be under the spotlight.

Runergy has reported that its latest n-type TOPCon solar cell has achieved a conversion efficiency of 26.55%.

Damage to solar from so-called Natural Catastrophe events is increasing as the technology expands its reach and weather conditions worsen.

Leading Chinese solar manufacturer Trinasolar has signed a module supply agreement with Malaysian renewable energy developer Mestron Energy.

India has installed 4.9GW of residential rooftop solar capacity in the first half of 2025, according to a report by IEEFA and JMK Research.

Chinese inverter and storage manufacturer Sungrow has revealed details of its planned flotation on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Indian infrastructure company focused on rooftop and ground-based solar power installations, PVV Infra has secured solar power orders worth INR7.9 billion (US$90 million) through two of its subsidiaries. 

Indian solar developer ACME Group has established a new subsidiary to manage its renewable equipment manufacturing business, under which it is planning to scale production of TOPCon PV modules.

Chinese government policies and supply-side production cuts will drive a significant increase in solar and storage component costs.

Adding 32GW of new solar to Thailand’s power generation deployment targets could cut power generation costs by as much as US$1.8 billion.