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Solar technology moves fast, as the industry pursues the joint goals of improving efficiency and lowering costs. From tiny tweaks in battery or solar cell materials, to optimizing large-scale system layouts, solar rewards effective innovations with a quick route to market.
As the industry grows, reliability testing becomes more complex and factors like recycling and critical mineral consumption come into the frame as well.
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Renewable Energy India Expo 2026: Three key takeaways
India’s largest renewable energy trade show returned to Greater Noida, outside of Delhi, this week. At the three day event, pv magazine took in a national solar industry that has reached enormous proportions, and continues to grow with huge investments still going into building new solar installations, upgrading grids and adding, and ramping up a localized supply chain for many of the components these projects rely on.
PVH expands Houston footprint to scale pre-assembled solar trackers
PV Hardware USA (PVH USA) is expanding its original manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas, adding 34,200 square feet of production space to scale its pre-assembly manufacturing strategy and address labor and supply chain constraints on utility-scale solar project sites.
Aiko to convert PERC factory into 6 GW of ABC cell capacity
The Chinese company says it will convert the manufacturing capacity at its base in Tianjin into its proprietary all-back-contact (ABC) technology as the efficiency of passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) solar cells reaches “a bottleneck”.
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LONGi unveils intelligent manufacturing base in Suzhou to advance solar-storage integration
The new base features upgraded manufacturing capabilities that reduce fault-related downtime losses by 75% and shorten the time needed to close quality issues by more than 50%.
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Canada: 100 jobs to be created under new 20 MW solar PV project
Up to 100 jobs are to be created under a new 20 megawatt (MW) CAD$130 million solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant project, which is currently underway in Ontario, Canada. When completed, it is expected to be one of the countrys largest solar power facilities.
International pressure on Spanish government paying off
The international pressure being placed on Spains government seems to be working. Spains Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has vetoed the legislative proposal of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Miguel Sebastián, and ruled out subsequent cuts in the Spanish system of compensation for solar energy.
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Fidelis signs new $210 million contract to supply 93 MW capacity solar modules
Fidelis Energy Inc. has entered into a long-term agreement with Lagofrio Energy Solutions (LES), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tinsol Energy (pty) Ltd. (TSEL), which will see the company supplying 93 megawatts (MW) of photovolatic solar modules to TSEL for use in the development and build-out of several solar parks in Africa.
Clean Energy and Power enters European solar market; looks to make an impact
Clean Energy and Power (CEP), Inc. has acquired its first solar project in Europe. Located in the Czech Republic, work is scheduled to begin on the project this week and should be completed by the start of July. Meanwhile, the comapny has said it is looking to undertake bigger projects.
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