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Sofab Inks has today announced that it has secured US$6 million in to expand its tin-based ETL solution for use in perovskite solar cells.

The European Commission has released its final Electrification Action Plan to “make Europe the world’s first ‘electro-continent’.”

German solar energy research institute ISC Konstanz has appointed Dr Gerhard Mathiak as its head of its module department.

Oman has announced US$1.7 billion for 105 projects and investments across a number of sectors, including solar cell and module manufacturing.

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has awarded more than €160 million (US$183 million) in funding to 40 clean energy manufacturing projects, three of which are for solar PV.

The annual ITRPV report was published this week, offering a snapshot of the latest technological trends shaping the industry.

Toyo Solar has raised around US$50 million to finance the expansion of the company’s cell manufacturing work in Houston, Texas.

Module quality and reliability concerns, HJT, manufacturing in Africa and hail were among the key topics discussed at PV ModuleTech USA.

European inverter manufacturing capacity has now surpassed 100GW, according to figures from PV Tech Market Research.

The ongoing permitting challenge is a key factor slowing down solar manufacturing and deployment in the US, according to T1 Energy’s CEO, Dan Barcelo.