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The company has formally terminated its originally planned 15GW ingot pulling and PV cell manufacturing project, redirecting its resources to the more promising lithium battery silicon-carbon anode material sector.

PV Tech Research’s annual ranking of the top ten PV module manufacturers reveals some signs of recovery after a turbulent 2025, writes Moustafa Ramadan.

Australian start-up Stellar PV has released early details of the solar ingot and wafer facility it plans to build in the state of Queensland.

Solar manufacturer SEG Solar has started construction on a 3GW ingot and wafer manufacturing plant in Indonesia.

PV Talk: Qcells’ CTO Danielle Merfeld discusses the imminent opening of America’s first integrated c-Si ingot-to-module factory and her belief in solar’s long-term strengths.

Norwegian ingot and wafer manufacturer NorSun has announced a plan to build a 5GW ingot and wafer manufacturing plant in Oklahoma, US.

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”.

Indian conglomerate Adani has raised US$394 million for solar manufacturing through its renewable energy subsidiary Adani New Industries.

JA Solar has announced a plan to construct a project in the Ordos High-Tech Zone, with an annual production capacity of 30GW ingots, 10GW silicon wafers, and 10GW modules. The total investment amounted to about RMB6.02 billion (US$870.1 million). 

PV Tech Premium caught up with Gyanesh Chaudhary, vice-chairman and managing director at Indian PV module manufacturer Vikram Solar, which has a 2.5GW annual production capacity, to discuss the thinking behind the ALMM and PLI schemes and whether ingot and wafer production is realistic in India.