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The G12R series silicon wafers, at 2382x1134mm, boast new cell technology that is both self-developed and self-produced.

UL Solutions has awarded its ‘Carbon Footprint of Products Verification’ to the Vertex series of modules, developed Trina Solar.

PV Tech Premium spoke with Origami Solar on how solar steel frames could help ease up the supply chain issues of module frames in the US and Europe.

With ESG regulations more present than ever, these frameworks are an opportunity to build an energy sector that is more sustainable.

“Every year, we see more attention from our customers, for whom this is becoming more at the top of their minds. Usually in PV, it’s been volume price and spec of the product. But now it's also how do we make that product, besides pure performance,” says Cemil Seber, VP of global marketing at REC Solar.

PV Tech spoke to Isabel Rodriguez, managing director at Glennmont Partners, about the challenges for the European solar supply chain.

Quinbrook has launched a platform to enable offtake customers to trace the source of their electricity in real-time.

PV Tech sat down with Alastair Mounsey, Regional Sales Director at JA Solar, to talk about the transition to n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) cells and modules, the state of the European solar market and what will define a successful PV manufacturer in the coming years.

The new ESG standard is based on existing international standards. For companies active in the solar value chain, the new standard creates a “one-stop-shop to independently validate ESG commitment at production sites”.

Facing an auditorium of the biggest names in solar, the panelists in the discussion emphasised the central role that ESG and supply chain traceability is coming to play in the solar industry.