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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.

New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill has signed into law a bill that will permit state residents to use plug-in solar panels of up to 1,200W.

Array Technologies has completed its acquisition of Affordable Wire Management (AWM), following the announcement of the deal in July.

California has advanced a bill that would enable residents to request remote inspections for home energy systems.

The US has launched a US$12 million R&D fund that will support projects to produce solar panels for use in space.

US IPP Invenergy has started construction work at its 120MW Quincy Solar Energy Center in Grant County in the US state of Washington.

Drawing on his experience of flood risk engineering, Hossein Ghoveisi makes the case for early, accurate hydrology in solar project design.

Japanese PV manufacturer Toyo has reported 2.6GW of cell shipments and 191.5MW of module shipments in the first half of 2026.

EDF power solutions North America has signed two PPAs with NV Energy to sell power generated at a solar-plus-storage project in Nevada.

A patent infringement lawsuit filed by Maxeon against Canadian Solar has been dismissed with prejudice in the US Federal District Court.