Manufacturing

Gujarat-based Pahal Solar is ramping up its PV module production capacity to 1.8 GW per year from 800 MW at present.

ReNew E-Fuels is developing a green ammonia plant with a production capacity of 1.2 mmtpa (million metric tonnes per annum) in the Indian state of Odisha.

Solarcycle has invested $344 million in a solar manufacturing facility in Polk County, Georgia. The factory has been designed to use recycled materials from retired solar panels to produce new solar glass, positioning Solarcycle as one of the first manufacturers of specialized glass for crystalline-silicon PV in the US market.

Verde Technologies, a U.S.-based spinoff of the University of Vermont specializing in single junction and all thin-film tandem perovskite solar technologies, has demonstrated that its coating processes are transferable to existing commercial roll-to-roll manufacturing lines in a project with compatriot manufacturer Verico Technology.

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.

Tata Chemicals Ltd has collaborated with IITB-Monash Research Academy for research on the transformative potential of perovskite materials in the field of clean energy.

SJVN Green Energy Ltd has invited bid for manufacture and supply of a cumulative 1.96 GWp capacity of PV modules for its solar power projects to be installed in various states of India. Bids can be submitted until March 5.

DhaSh PV, India’s largest integrated PV junction box manufacturer, is scaling its solar junction box manufacturing capacity in Bengaluru to 50 GW per year from 15 GW currently. The new capacity will start production by 2025, making DhaSh PV the world’s largest PV junction box manufacturer outside China.

SEG Solar says its new panels have a temperature coefficient of -0.30% per C. They come with a 30-year power output guarantee for 87.4% of the initial yield.

Qcells and Solarcycle have established the first US solar recycling alliance.