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GCL Technology has removed itself from the Xinjiang region and abandoned the Siemens method of polysilicon production.

PERC solar PV technology is “all but obsolete” in Europe, as the flow of cheap N-type products coming from China is unlikely to abate.

ANALYSIS: As President Trump makes his first move to reduce support for US PV manufacturing, attention is turning to the far more significant Inflation Reduction Act.

The European Commission, along with the private partners, target to invest up to €240 million (US$260 million) each until 2030.

“We want to scale up our localisation drive in solar materials," said managing director of the Rural Electrification Agency.

The company said its Full Black double-glass module, based on n-type TOPcon cell technology, has a conversion efficiency of 22.8%.

The company signed the financing MoU with the New and Renewable Energy Department of the Madhya Pradesh government.

Fabral will join a number of other US steel manufacturers supplying racking and tubing to the US solar industry.

The decline reflects the broad trend across the solar manufacturing industry, where severe downward pressure on prices—brought about by an excess of product supply—has squeezed manufacturers' margins and pushed some into the red.

The ESMC has called for more comprehensive support measures for European solar manufacturing following a leak from the European Commission.