Over 90% of solar industry professionals report a growing project deployment pipeline in 2026, but new projects that are abandoned before completion now account for almost half of all project pipelines.
Thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar module manufacturer First Solar has adjusted its enforcement of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) intellectual property (IP) strategy.
Japanese petroleum firm Idemitsu Kosan has established its first US-based development laboratory for space-grade copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells.
The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has finalised antidumping and countervailing duty rates on crystalline silicon PV cells imported from India, Indonesia and Laos, with combined rates reaching 249.13% for Indian manufacturers.