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The USPTO has denied three challenges to patents held by US solar manufacturer First Solar pertaining to its production of TOPCon cells.

Don Cowan and Mahyar Mohammadnezhad of Kiwa PI Berlin explain the importance of upstream diligence in ensuring long-term PV performance.

T1 Energy has started construction on the 2.1GW first phase of its TOPCon cell manufacturing facility in Texas.

JinkoSolar shipped just over 20GW of solar PV modules in the third quarter of this year, down sequentially from the previous quarter.

Qcells has announced plans to reduce pay and working hours for one-third of its 3,000 employees in the US state of Georgia.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed AU$25.3 million (US$16.53 million) in funding to support PV cell technology startup SunDrive Solar's continued development of copper-based solar cell technology.

Voltec Solar has signed a supply deal to use solar cells produced by Toyo Solar in its solar modules produced in France.

Boviet Solar has added an additional 1GW of manufacturing capacity to its module manufacturing plant in North Carolina.

The PEARL Consortium has developed perovskite solar cells with carbon electrodes with a conversion efficiency of 21.6%.

Japanese solar cell manufacturer Toyo Solar has sold 1.6GW of solar PV cells in the first half of 2025, driving revenue of around US$139 million.