solar manufacturing

German chemical group Wacker Chemie has posted the financial results of 2023 with its polysilicon business falling by 61% due production-related reasons.

Germany's BSW has announced a proposal to restore and strengthen the entire value chain of the European solar production industry.

The growth of global annual solar PV installations will start to slow this year, including the US, according to Woodmac.

PV Tech spoke with Jinko’s Victor Wei and Wally Zang, Senior IR Director and Technical Service Centre  General Manager respectively, about the company’s investment in TOPCon, its fully vertically integrated plant currently being built in China’s Shanxi province and how it is looking at module products for deployment in offshore solar projects subject to hail conditions.

Located in Tamil Nadu, the manufacturing plant produces First Solar’s Series 7 thin film cadmium telluride (CdTe) modules.

The guidelines clarify definitions of eligible components and detail the amount of tax credit for eligible solar components.

Professor Martin Green expects the larger companies to survive the current pressures in the solar industry which keeps adding capacity.

India's solar module exports to the US and Europe will likely to peak in 2025 and experience a decline starting from 2026 as domestic manufacturing plants will be operational in these regions, according to a recent research from energy analyst JMK Reseach.

The European Solar Manufacturing Council offers several recommendations for the EU and solar companies to address forced labour in the supply chain.

Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has secured 4GWp of solar module contracts during the RE+ event in Las Vegas.