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PV Talk: ISC Konstanz co-founder Radovan Kopecek discusses his belief in bifacial back contact technology as the 'ultimate' c-Si product and why perovskite will not power the energy transition.

Chinese solar manufacturing giant LONGi posted RMB1.26 billion (US$174.8 million) in losses in its Q3 2024 financial results.

At the UK launch of LONGi’s Hi-MO 9 module, PV Tech spoke with the company’s Europe president, Leon Zhang, about his belief that back contact technology represents the future of crystalline silicon PV.

Trina Solar and FuturaSun were awarded funding in the latest Innovation Fund for a 1.5GW HJT and 1.4GW xBC module assembly plant, respectively.

LONGi and the School of Materials at Sun Yat-sen have developed HJT back contact solar cells with a power conversion efficiency of 27.09%.

LONGi has launched its latest product, the Hi-MO X10 module, designed for use in the distributed solar sector.

Chinese module manufacturer LONGi has launched a new black dual-glass back contact module with a 22.3% conversion efficiency.

Solar manufacturer Aiko has signed supply deals for 2GW of its GEN 2 N-type ABC (All Back Contact) modules in Australia, marking its entry into the market.

Chinese solar manufacturing giant LONGi has signed a long-term supply agreement with silicon metal mining and production company Ferroglobe PLC.

PV Tech spoke with Jinko’s Victor Wei and Wally Zang, Senior IR Director and Technical Service Centre  General Manager respectively, about the company’s investment in TOPCon, its fully vertically integrated plant currently being built in China’s Shanxi province and how it is looking at module products for deployment in offshore solar projects subject to hail conditions.