3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (560+ words) As a global leader in solar and storage, Sungrow boasts the industry’s largest operational scale, comprehensive application coverage and a mature global footprint. Its diverse portfolio—spanning PV inverters, storage systems and new energy project development—provides it with a…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (169+ words) US-based solar tracker and balance-of-system provider Array Technologies has opened a new manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Array said the plant was built around ‘lean’ manufacturing principles and would enable the company to produce in-house components that it has…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (221+ words) Welcome to the PV Chart of the Week, produced in tandem with our colleagues at PV Tech Research. This week, we look at the technology breakdown of projected US module production capacity. Unlike the projected US solar cell capacity, where…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (339+ words) Swedish manufacturer Midsummer is establishing a joint venture in Indonesia to produce its copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film PV modules. The company has signed an investment and industrialisation agreement with Indonesian technology company PT Metalogika Rekayasa Sistem, under which…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (946+ words) New solar factories run into trouble on a schedule. Not at the ribbon-cutting, and not in the sales pitch. The trouble shows up months into production, before workers have learned the line and new equipment has been dialled in. Last…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (435+ words) Solar PV module prices broadly fell in Europe in August 2026, as demand dipped below its historic average, according to PV wholesale platform sun.store. According to sun.store’s monthly PV Index report, back contact (BC), full black and monofacial TOPCon…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (556+ words) Germany and the wider EU can use its research and development (R&D) strengths to stay competitive in the global solar PV manufacturing industry, according to a group of industry and research bodies. A group of solar industry and regional bodies…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (594+ words) Ben Willis is Solar Media’s Head of Content. Ben is an award-winning journalist and editor with a background in environmental, development and social policy issues. His work has appeared in the Guardian and Telegraph, and numerous consumer and specialist publications,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (204+ words) Scientists in Japan have developed a new approach that they claim can improve the durability of tin-based perovskite solar cells. Researchers at the Sophia University in Tokyo and the and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, both…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (347+ words) In this week's PV Chart of the Week, we look at disparity between announced and operational cell and module manufacturing capacity in the US across PERC, TOPCon and HJT. PV Chart of the Week: All eyes on HJT in announced…...