cell manufacturing

Solar cell manufacturer Suniva has unveiled the restart of its manufacturing operations with up to 2.5GW of monocrystalline silicon solar cells in Georgia, US.

Solar PV manufacturer Silfab Solar has planned to invest US$150 million in a new solar cell plant in York County, South Carolina.

The US DFC has announced plans to invest US$425 million into TP Solar, to build a 4.3GW solar cell and module manufacturing plant in India.

HoloSolis has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Fraunhofer ISE to support setup of its PV production line in France.

Chinese solar manufacturer Tongwei has planned to invest RMB20 billion (US$2.7 billion) in its Leshan project, in the Chinese province of Sichuan, to expand ingot pulling, slicing and cell production capacity, so as to accelerate the establishment of “China’s Green Silicon Valley”.

Three German solar PV companies have partnered to invest €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) to build a vertically integrated manufacturing capacity.

Trina Solar has produced the first of its 210mm n-type i-TOPCon cells at its production facility in Qinghai province, China, as the scale of n-type solar production continues to ramp up across the industry.

Indian solar manufacturer Waaree will expand its ingot, wafer, cell and module production capacity by 6GW following a second round equity funding raise of around INR10 billion (US$121 million).

Chinese module manufacturer GCL System Integration (GCL SI) has commissioned the first phase of its 20GW tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) cell plant in Wuhu, China.

Canadian solar manufacturer Heliene has announced plans to build around 1GW of solar module assembly and 1.5GW of solar cell production capacity in the US.