Featured in Moving in circles – 09-2024

Owning TOPCon

Lawyers are doing brisk business as tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar technology moves into the mainstream. A series of patent infringement cases have been launched in the United States and Europe and their impacts are reverberating through the marketplace. How likely is it that winners will emerge?

By

Jonathan Gifford

06 Sep 2024

Trina Solar is investigating whether some of its TOPCon patents have been infringed. | Photo: Trina Solar

The PV module supply chain marches to a steady beat of progress. Efficiency increases, input cost savings, and throughput improvements deliver cheaper, more powerful products. They are accompanied by an, at times chaotic chorus of rumors, disputes, claims, and counter claims as manufacturers jostle for competitive advantage.The year 2024 has seen such conflict rise in …

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