Modules & Upstream Manufacturing

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is selling REC Solar Holdings’ kerf-based polysilicon manufacturing arm REC Solar Norway to Elkem ASA, a silicon-based material provider. Upon completion of the sale, RIL will continue to retain the technology and intellectual property rights of kerf-based polysilicon.

Saatvik Solar has signed an agreement to supply 200 MW of 550 Wp mono PERC PV modules for Enrich’s forthcoming projects in India.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

Grew Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding worth INR 3,800 crore for setting up a 2.8 GW solar cell and wafer factory in Gujarat. Under the MoU, the state government of Gujarat will facilitate permissions and clearances for Grew’s manufacturing unit. 

India’s first fully vertically integrated solar manufacturing plant will produce First Solar’s Series 7 solar PV modules developed at the company’s research centers in the U.S. The facility employs 1,000 workers.

Huasun’s Himalaya G12-132 HJT solar module provides a power output of 750 W and a conversion efficiency of 24.16%.

Reliance Industries and Adani Group, which have made big investments in creating an integrated renewable energy ecosystem in Gujarat, announced their further plans for the state at the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit.

Gurugram-based Saatvik Solar has appointed Celestial as an exclusive channel partner to market and sell its PV modules in Maharashtra and Goa.

P.G. Solar Greener says that its new panels have a thermal capacity of 1,280 Wh. They can reportedly achieve an overall dual electrical efficiency of 26%, due to an embedded cooling technique.

Researchers in Hungary have proposed to build photovoltaic trees with a significant distance between the solar panels. The proposed sunflower-shaped design reportedly reduces shading losses between the panels while improving cooling and heat dissipation.