Solar Manufacturing News

German carmaker Volkswagen AG (ETR: VOW) will power its electric car factory in the eastern city of Zwickau with electricity from a nearby 5.3-MW solar plant that will certainly be commissioned by solar developer Enerparc AG in the coming weeks.

JinkoSolar announced it has actually reached a solar conversion efficiency of 25.7% for its huge 182-mm n-type monocrystalline TOPCon solar cell. This result has been individually verified by the National Institute of Metrology, China.

Solar polysilicon and cell producer Tongwei has specified strategies to dramatically boost its manufacturing capacity over the following four years after validating a six-fold increase in net profit in Q1 2022.

First Solar will supply 1GWdc of its thin film modules to PV project designer Leeward Renewable Energy as part of a multi-year procurement arrangement in between the firms.

Indian group Borosil Renewables is obtaining Europe's largest solar glass maker. With major websites in Germany and Liechtenstein, Borosil intends to boost manufacturing capacity to 2,600 tonnes per day, making it feasible to provide solar glass for greater than 15 GW of PV modules from 2025.

Chinese module supplier Astronergy is to launch its initial TOPCon n-type modules under its ASTRO series.

US perovskite company Tandem PV has closed on the first half of a US$ 12 million Series A raise after raising US$ 6 million for constructing a pilot production center in its headquarters of San Jose, California.

Daqo New Energy recorded a guidance-beating efficiency in the opening quarter of 2022, capitalizing excess supply, lower manufacturing prices and greater than expected average selling prices (ASPs).

PV module prices in India have increased by ~ 38% in the last 20 months, in part due to provide chain disruptions and also increasing solar demand, with rates not expected to drop till completion of following year.

Solar module providers Maxeon Solar Technologies as well as Canadian Solar have cleared up an agreement on a patent infringement lawsuit in Japan.

US tracker manufacturer Nextracker has actually replied to global supply chain disruptions by inaugurating a brand-new production line in Texas within a campus from steel manufacturer Steel Dynamics.

Solar cell production equipment vendor Suzhou Maxwell Technologies has boosted the power of a 60-cell heterojunction (HJT) module by more than 5W thanks to the addition of a light conversion film.

First factory planned in Hunterston, Scotland to support the Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project

Solar wafer manufacturer NexWafe has finished its Series C financial investment round, with proceeds earmarked for product and also innovation growth on prototype lines in Germany.