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US solar module manufacturer First Solar has inaugurated its 3.5GW vertically integrated manufacturing facility in the state of Louisiana, the company’s fifth factory in the US.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has released the 2025 List of Critical Minerals, which includes silicon and tellurium.

US thin-film module manufacturer First Solar has unveiled plans to build a new 3.7GW manufacturing plant in the US in 2026.

US solar manufacturer Corning has brought online its wafer production at its Michigan plant, during the third quarter of 2025.

Perovskite, tariffs, Section 232 and FEOC were among the key topics discussed at PV CellTech USA this year in San Francisco.

US cell manufacturer ES Foundry is proceeding with expansion plans despite a six-month delay due to recent trade and tax credit policy uncertainties.

Solar manufacturer T1 Energy has signed a 437MW module supply agreement with an as-yet undisclosed US utility.

Through its US subsidiary, Mission Solar Energy, the Korean company will invest US$265 million in the construction of the plant.

The investment will allow the company to build a commercial-scale perovskite manufacturing plant in the US.

PV Talk: Alex Zhu, CEO of US-based solar cell manufacturer ES Foundry discusses why a heated litigation landscape led to a choice of PERC cell technology for the South Carolina factory, the fate of US tax credits and taking advantage of wafer surplus in southeast Asia.