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US-based solar manufacturer Thornova Solar has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with PV solutions provider Nextpower to incorporate steel frames into certain modules.

The PV Review, 2025: this year has seen many papers and reports on solar PV modules reliability and performance issues, especially with TOPCon.

PV Talk: Kiwa PVEL's Tristan Erion-Lorico discusses the latest Module Reliability Scorecard and what it reveals about standards in PV manufacturing.

The Turkish Ministry of Trade has started an antidumping investigation on solar PV aluminium frames and junction boxes coming from China.

The announcement comes just days after the Trump administration announced plans for a 25% tariff on steel and aluminium imports.

Solar frame producer Origami Solar has partnered with industrial manufacturing services company Unimacts to establish a frame roll-forming manufacturing line in Houston, Texas.

Construction is expected to start in November, with the 2GW module assembly plant built in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Solar frame producer Origami Solar has signed three deals with US steel manufacturers to produce its steel module frames in a move which it said “finalised a fully American supply chain.”

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.

Yonz Technology discusses the benefits of aluminium module frames, the impact of larger panels and how standardisation can lower costs.