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First Solar Scores 2 GW Order from Longroad Energy
First Solar secures 2GW order from Longroad Energy for thin-film PV modules, increasing total purchase to near 8GW. Longroad Energy Co-Founder & COO shares values & vision for sustainable energy future and First Solar sets up fifth factory in Louisiana.
Sep 13, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, North America, longroad energy, thin film modules
Dracula Technologies transforms ambient light into energy with published solar cells
Internet of Things devices are proliferating, making day-to-day jobs more convenient for lots of people-- yet that comes with cost. The United Nations expects the amount of e-waste produced globally to reach 52.2 million statistics lots this year, as well as a sizable part of that are dead batteries.
Jun 10, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cell, Dracula Technologies, Brice Cruchon
Vikram Solar Soars on 336MW Order Win
Vikram Solar lands a 336-MW order from L&T for India's Khavda complex, boosting local solar manufacturing and sending shares up 7% on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Sep 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Vikram Solar
Analyzing thermal behaviour of solar panels via thermography
A group of Hungarian scientists have compared thermal behaviour of various solar modules by means of thermography. Their research has shown that theoretical predictions are not as accurate as they were expected to be.
Jan 30, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Hungary, solar pv, pv modules, Europe, thermal
CdTe breakthrough might lead to more reliable solar cells, UK scientists say
New insight into exactly how chlorine improves the efficiency of cadmium telluride (CdTe) cells could result in also higher performances, according to a group of researchers at Loughborough University in the UK.
Aug 24, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, CdTe, cadtel, cell efficiency, module efficiency
Zinc Additives Boost Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Minimodules
Researchers develop mini solar modules using zinc trifluoromethane sulfonate, boosting efficiency and stability of perovskite cells for cost-effective production.
Feb 21, 2024 // Technology, perovskite, efficiency, Zinc, CubicPV, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, mini solar module
Premier Energies Launches 1-GW Solar Factory in Telangana
Premier Energies Ltd is set to transform Telangana's solar landscape with a groundbreaking 1-GW TOPCon module facility, poised to power the future by March 2025!
Dec 16, 2024 // Manufacturing News, Telangana, Premier Energies Ltd
First Solar inks 2.4 GW supply deal with Intersect
Modules will be supplied to developer's US pipe of projects
Jul 29, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, North America, Sheldon Kimber
Developers turn on Facebook's 102.5-MWac Georgia solar park
Facebook's first solar project in the state of Georgia is currently functional in Early County. Facebook representatives joined Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) and Silicon Ranch to "flip the switch" on the 102.5 MWac solar facility.
Dec 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, Facebook, shell, Silicon Ranch, EMC
Trina Solar ratings 10 'Top Performer' awards in PVEL's '2020 PV Module Reliability Scorecard'
' Silicon Module Super League' (SMSL) participant, Trina Solar has actually been identified as a 'Top Performer' in PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) 2020 PV Module Reliability Scorecard for the sixth consecutive time, while accumulating 10 'Top Performer' awards with 6 different modules.
May 28, 2020 // Manufacturing News, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Trina Solar, monocrystalline wafer, mono perc, pvel, DNV GL, Yin Rongfang, pv tech techtalk webinar, Tristan Erion Lorico
France Hits Rooftop Solar Target as Prices Fall
France awards 302.5 MW of rooftop and canopy solar at lower prices, signaling stronger competition, better C&I economics, and sustained distributed PV momentum to bolster energy security and decarbonization.
Nov 5, 2025 // Rooftop PV, France, Europe
North American solar maker Silfab gets investment for expansion
Canadian solar (PV) module maker Silfab Solar Inc on Wednesday claimed it has actually obtained a calculated growth financial investment led by personal equity fund supervisor ARC Financial Corp
Sep 17, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, PV module, North America, Silfab, ARC Financial Corp, Brian Boulanger
Solaria, Canadian Solar settle shingled PV patent disagreement
United States solar supplier Solaria has actually settled patent infringement asserts against Canadian Solar after winning a United States International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling.
Jun 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, manufacturing, Canadian Solar, solaria, patent dispute, shingled solar modules, us itc, united states international trade commission
Trina Solar confirms 15GW module assembly center for 'Vertex' series ramp
Trina Solar is constructing a brand-new 15GW progressed module setting up plant to sustain its large-area PV module production aspirations.
Sep 25, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, Trina Solar, monocrystalline wafer, PERC, vertex pv module
German scientists team up for perovskite tandem cells
Two of Germany’s leading research institutes and a CIGS module maker have announced plans to work on the development of perovskite-CIGS tandem cells with a target of producing thin film modules with better than 30% efficiency.
Sep 4, 2019 // BIPV, Manufacturing News, Solar to Fuel, Germany, pv modules, Europe, hydrogen, perovskite, CIGS module, thin film modules, KIT, ZSW, Nice Solar Energy, Ulrich W Paetzold, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels