Manufacturing

Trina Solar has revealed plans to build a new factory in Wilmer, Texas. It will source polysilicon from unspecified locations in Europe and the United States.

Goldi Solar will work alongside Desert Technologies (DT) to localize a significant part of the renewable energy value chain in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

SMA has unveiled its Sunny Tripower CORE2 110 kW string inverter for commercial rooftop and ground-mounted solar systems in the the Indian market. The inverter offers twelve MPP trackers for maximum design flexibility.

Longi Chairman Zhong Baoshen said last week that that the company’s hybrid passivated back contact (HPBC) technology will dominate its production capacity in the future.

Tata Power’s greenfield 4.3 GW solar cell and module manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu is expected to start PV module production by the year end. 

Multiple factors affect the productive lifespan of a residential solar panel. In the first part of this series, we look at the solar panels themselves.

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.

Huasun Dali started producing high-efficiency 210 mm HJT solar cells this week, and is expected to achieve an average efficiency of 25.5% in mass production.

Panasonic is now testing perovskite-based power-generating glass with Japanese property developer Mitsui Fudosan Residential at a new building in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.

Hanwha Qcells will make sizable prepayments to help restart the REC Silicon plant in Moses Lake, Washington, by Nov. 1, with a goal of reaching full capacity by the end of 2024.