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Chile inaugurates 3-MW solar plant
Chilean officials recently inaugurated the 3-MW Tamarugo solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Tamagural district, northern Chilean region of Tarapaca.
Nov 8, 2021 // Plants, Chile, South america, PV Power Plant
Qatar to inaugurate 800-MW solar park in Oct
Qatar is readied to inaugurate the Al Kharsaah solar complex with a capacity of 800 MW this month, energy minister and president of QatarEnergy, Saad Al-Kaabi, said throughout the Energy Intelligence Discussion Forum in London.
Oct 10, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Qatar, Solar Park
Downstream solar meets upstream innovation at PV ModuleTech 2019
Bifacial module yields, manufacturer bankability probing and quality benchmarking strategies have all taken centre stage at this year’s edition of PV ModuleTech in Malaysia.
Oct 22, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, First Solar, solar pv, pv modules, Asia, PV module, bankability, pv moduletech
LPKF Laser wins US$ 12m device order from initial CIGS thin film consumer
LPKF Laser & Electronics has protected its very first laser solar scribing system order from a CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) thin film customer worth around US$ 12.2 million.
Dec 18, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Europe, CIGS thin film, cdte thin-film modules, lpkf laser, Goetz M. Bendele
Meyer Burger plans CHF-250m share issue to scale manufacturing capacity
Swiss solar module manufacturer Meyer Burger Technology AG (SWX: MBTN) will certainly look for to increase approximately CHF 250 million (USD 252.74 m/EUR 258.85 m) in a share issue to speed up the growth of its annual production capacity to about 3 GW.
Oct 5, 2022 // Manufacturing News, meyer burger, solar module
Maxwell, Cybrid utilize light conversion film to enhance HJT module power output
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.
Apr 20, 2022 // Manufacturing News, heterojunction, HJT, maxwell technologies, cybrid
First Solar Reduces Vietnam, Malaysia Output by 1 GW
First Solar Inc. trims 1GW capacity in Vietnam and Malaysia, streamlining operations to boost efficiency and stay competitive in the dynamic solar market.
Mar 5, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Malaysia, First Solar, Asia
Saatvik Starts 4.8-GW Solar Cell Factory at Odisha Gopalpur Park
Saatvik Solar has begun building a ₹3,000 crore plant in Odisha to make 4.8 GW of cells and 4 GW of modules, boosting India’s home-grown PV capacity.
Jun 9, 2025 // Manufacturing News, India, Asia, solar cell, Saatvik
NTPC Floats 2.5-GW Module Tenders To Accelerate India’s Solar Surge
NTPC invites bids for 2.5 GW of ≥ 570 Wp bifacial modules for mega-projects in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, advancing India’s drive toward gigawatt-scale solar.
Aug 4, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, NTPC, Asia, modules, TECHNOLOGY, procurement
Austria's CCE cuts ribbon at 87-MWp solar farm in Chile
Austria-based solar designer CCE Group GmbH has actually inaugurated the 87-MWp La Huella solar farm in Chile, its very first such project in the South American nation.
Nov 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Chile, South america, Europe, cce, Austria, solar farm
Tata Power Renewable Energy settles 110-MW solar project in India
Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) revealed on Monday the commissioning of a 110-MW solar energy plant in Bikaner in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Jun 6, 2023 // Plants, India, Asia, Solar Project, Tata Power Renewable Energy
Ark Wins Federal Nod for $790m NSW Solar-Battery
Ark Energy’s 435‑MW Richmond Valley solar-plus-storage wins EPBC approval, fast-tracking finance for firm evening power via multi-hour battery—accelerating NSW’s coal-to-renewables shift with lower interconnection risk.
Dec 17, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, new south wales, permitting, Ark Energy
Matrix Renewables inaugurates 284-MWdc Stillhouse Solar in ERCOT Texas
Matrix Renewables opened its 284-MWdc Stillhouse Solar plant in Bell County, adding a sizable block of daytime generation to the ERCOT grid.
Nov 11, 2025 // Plants, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Texas, North America, ERCOT, Matrix Renewables, commissioning
ET Solar is back in the US market
Six months after settling claims in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of its U.S. distribution subsidiary, the Chinese PV maker says it has signed more than 500 MW of U.S. module supply contracts.
Aug 7, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, bifacial, ET Solar, Yuanfar and Wuxi Bardon Company, Alex Chen, mono-PERC, North America
IBC back-contact solar roofing system for electric vehicles
Dutch EV startup Lightyear is already generating prototype roofs to prolong the series of its Lightyear One solar car. The roofing systems will certainly include interdigitated back contact solar batteries made by U.S. company SunPower and backsheets from Dutch international DSM.
Jun 9, 2020 // Transport, USA, North America, electric vehicles, Lightyear, EV, Start-up, Martijn Lammers, Nathan Arbitman











