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A new EU-funded project has launched, aimed at strengthening Europe’s capabilities in silicon ingot and wafer manufacturing.

Sunpro Power discusses its new back-contact PV modules and why it is branching out into the battery storage business.

Europe will not be able to produce a “disruption” in the solar manufacturing industry, according to Peter Fath, CEO of RCT Solutions.

Toyo has announced plans to add 1.5GW of heterojunction technology solar cell production capacity at its Houston, Texas facility.

A PV gigafactory in France planned by start-up HoloSolis is to receive a share of a €100 million investment from water technology company Ecolab.

We spoke to Johannes Bernreuter about what Daqo New Energy's remarkable 88% sales drop in Q1 2026 means for the polysilicon industry.

Prospective solar wafer manufacturer Sunwafe has appointed a new CEO and secured permits for a 30-hectare site in northern Spain, in efforts to establish Europe’s “first” large-scale, 20GW silicon ingot and wafer production facility.

A planned 13GW polysilicon production plant in the Netherlands, powered by renewable energy, has been designated as a strategic project under the EU’s Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA).

European solar procurement is shifting away from cost concerns towards other risks, according to speakers at the SolarPLUS Europe conference in Milan yesterday.

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE claim to have reduced the silver content of TOPCon solar cells tenfold.