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Welcome to the PV Tech Best of the Week roundup, covering the week's biggest stories from the global solar industry.

The NSW government has opened a consultation on what it describes as Australia's first mandatory solar module recycling scheme.

Inox Solar Americas has signed an 800MW module supply agreement with what it describes as a 'leading US renewable energy developer'.

JinkoSolar shipped 15.9GW of modules in the second quarter of this year, which represents a 34.4% year-on-year decline.

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

Fraunhofer ISE has developed what it described as 'industry-ready' semi-transparent PV modules with a conversion efficiency of up to 9.26%.

The average selling price of full black, back contact and monofacial TOPCon modules in Europe has continued to increase.

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

According to the Silicon Industry Branch, the average price of n-type G10L monocrystalline wafers dropped 3.61% month-on-month.

Anza figures show that the median price for a solar PV module assembled in the US held steady at US$0.3/W in July 2026.