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Toyo has held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the expansion of its solar module manufacturing plant in Humble, Texas.

Welcome to the PV Tech Best of the Week roundup, covering the week's biggest stories from the global solar industry.

LONGi has unveiled a hybrid interdigitated back contact (HIBC) solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 28.29%, a record for the company.

Researchers from Georgia Tech have developed TOPCon solar cells that use copper paste with a maximum conversion efficiency of 24.3%.

PV Talk: PERC has the potential to be a “workhorse” in the US cell manufacturing space, Suniva's Matt Card tells PV Tech Premium.

Suniva has raised US$835 million to support the development of a new 4.5GW cell manufacturing facility in South Carolina.

Fraunhofer ISE has developed what it described as 'industry-ready' semi-transparent PV modules with a conversion efficiency of up to 9.26%.

Japanese PV manufacturer Toyo has reported 2.6GW of cell shipments and 191.5MW of module shipments in the first half of 2026.

Tandem PV has acquired fellow nexTC, which develops thin-film metal oxide coating processes for use in tandem solar modules.

According to the Silicon Industry Branch, the average price of n-type G10L monocrystalline wafers dropped 3.61% month-on-month.