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OCI, Tokuyama Launch $435M Polysilicon Plant in Malaysia
South Korea's OCI and Japan's Tokuyama launch a $435M polysilicon plant in Malaysia, boosting Southeast Asia's solar supply chain and diversifying global solar-grade material sources.
Jul 28, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Malaysia, South Korea, Asia, OCI, Tokuyama, Polysilicon Plant
SolarEdge Narrows Losses Amid Revenue Growth, Cost Cuts
SolarEdge narrows Q2 losses with a 9% revenue boost, driven by strong demand and improved margins, while eyeing growth with AI-integrated inverters and strategic acquisitions.
Aug 8, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, SolarEdge
Poland Turns Mine Reservoir into Floating Solar Pilot
Poland to pilot a 2 MW floating solar plant with storage on a Gliwice mine reservoir, backed by EU funding, paving the way for mine-to-renewables projects.
Sep 2, 2025 // Plants, Storage, Floating PV, Poland, Europe, floating photovoltaics, mine reclamation
Bifacial modules: The difficulties as well as advantages
Bifacial modules are among the older advancements in photovoltaic panel technology, going back to the 1960s. It is also among the current developments to take hold. According to many professionals, nevertheless, it is now on the right track as the current trend to sweep the solar industry as well as will quickly become the criterion.
Aug 19, 2020 // Opinions, PV module, bifacial modules, Nick Lusson
Trina Solar betting on largest wafer size and third cut cells for 500W-plus modules
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Trina Solar has started producing PV modules using the largest wafer size (210mm x 210mm) technically possible today with multiple other features to provide 500W-plus modules.
Jan 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, solar cell, Risen Energy, Trina Solar, monocrystalline wafer, PERC
COVID-19 episode triggers momentary hold-up for Portugal's solar public auction
Portugal's very first solar public auction of 2020 will certainly be delayed this springtime till the COVID-19 situation has actually had the moment to ease off, PV Tech has actually picked up from a leading government official.
Mar 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, auction, João Galamba, covid-19
BIPV facade system
Worldwide first façade system to cultivate micro-algae to generate heat and Biomass as renewable energy sources. SolarLeaf Hamburg
Feb 25, 2021 // BIPV, Germany, Europe, Strategic Science Consult of Germany, SSC, Colt International, Solar Leaf
Maxeon counts on air, rail products as shipping 'logjam' adds to Q3 shipments miss
Maxeon Solar Technologies is overhauling its logistics approach after a shipping "logjam" credited to the module manufacturer missing its Q3 deliveries advice.
Nov 19, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, polysilicon, Asia, North America, Maxeon, hemlock, freight, shipping, HSPV
25 Years Life? PVEL Bands Alarm Above Failing Rate Amongst Modules
Solar's significant rise has actually been matched with an even bigger expansion in capacity, largely in China, and currently, the rest of the world too. With making capabilities climbing from 25 GW in 2015 to over 400 GW today.
Jun 1, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Tara Doyle, Jenya Meydbray, PV Evolution Labs, Adam Larner, PVEL 2021, scorecard, solar quality, top solar performers
‘Energy storage is not enough, a renewables grid needs flexible gas back-up’
The managing director of London-based energy infrastructure company Statera has told pv magazine a clean energy grid in the U.K. will require as much flexible gas plant capacity as battery storage.
Sep 1, 2019 // Plants, Storage, Grids, storage, UK, Europe, flexible gas plant, Statera, Tom Vernon
AI enter maintenance
The Covid-19 pandemic quarantine has presented a new collection of challenges for solar PV operations as well as maintenance. The subject has actually gotten sector focus since PV sites do not have onsite employees. Huawei states its new Smart I-V Curve Diagnosis-- incorporating artificial intelligence, digital technologies, as well as PV-- is a first-step service toward unmanned O&M. With the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) ever before lowering, enhancements in O&M efficiency and going along with expense reductions may increase the arrival of the grid parity era.
Aug 19, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Huawei, Maintenance, Yan Zhang
Rhode Island is first state to achieve 100% renewables in ten years
The smallest American state sets the largest clean energy targets.
Jan 21, 2020 // Grids, Solar, USA, North America, Rhode, Providence Plantations, Rhode Island
New solar-plus-storage material is on the way
Innovative solar-plus-storage technology is being created in the United Kingdom.
Jan 21, 2020 // Technology, Storage, storage, UK, Europe
Albania’s new 140MW solar auction to pave way for future growth
Albania’s government is to find developers of a utility-scale solar project via a new auction later this year, complemented by plans to examine how PV can grow more extensively across the country.
Jan 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EBRD, tender, Europe, solar auction, Albania, balkans
Appalachian Power Issues RfP for 200 MW Solar Projects in Virginia
Appalachian Power has issued an RfP for up to 200 MW of solar energy that will reduce customer costs and further diversify its electric generation mix
Jan 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Virginia, tender, North America, Appalachian Power, International, Chris Beam