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Thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar module manufacturer First Solar has adjusted its enforcement of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) intellectual property (IP) strategy.

Researchers from Georgia Tech have developed TOPCon solar cells that use copper paste with a maximum conversion efficiency of 24.3%.

Guidance on China’s new national PV standards details how the regulatory environment is set to tighten for the country’s PV manufacturers.

This week's PV Chart of the Week profiles the technology breakdown of projected US solar module production capacity.

Solarworld Energy has partnered with EPC and solar developer Rays Power Infra to develop a 2.4GW solar PV cell manufacturing facility.

In this week's PV Chart of the Week, we look at disparity between announced and operational cell and module manufacturing capacity in the US across PERC, TOPCon and HJT.

PERC, TOPCon or HJT? In the fourth of five articles this week, Moustafa Ramadan and Joe Hennessy of PV Tech Research examine emerging technology trends in US solar cell and module manufacturing.

The NLR has certified that the third generation of TOPCon modules produced by Runergy has a conversion efficiency of 25.9%.

Websol has begun a brownfield upgrade of a 600MW mono PERC cell manufacturing line to TOPCon, increasing its total cell capacity to 1.35GW.

This week's PV Chart of the Week profiles the technology breakdown of projected US solar cell production capacity.