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Navitas Solar plans 3.6 GW PV cell factory, pilot wafer-ingot production in India Navitas Solar, a Surat-based PV module manufacturer, has announced plans to invest around INR 1,500 crore in a 3.6 GW solar cell manufacturing facility and a pilot wafer and ingot production line in Gujarat as part of its backward integration strategy.
Uma Gupta
Jun 17, 2026
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Markets & Policy
U.S. solar manufacturing capex clears $2.5 billion, up from $150 million in 2020 Capital is rebalancing away from historical reliance on finished imports toward localized value chain integration, with U.S. solar manufacturing capex ballooning to $2.5 billion, said Finlay Colville of Terawatt PV Research on a webinar hosted by Roth Capital Partners.
Ryan Kennedy
Jun 17, 2026
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Markets & Policy
China proposes PV product grading system in bid to drive industry consolidation China has proposed a PV product grading system that classifies modules into three quality tiers based on reliability, performance, and environmental attributes. The framework is expected to influence procurement, financing, and insurance decisions in a bid to drive industry consolidation.
Vincent Shaw
Jun 16, 2026
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Research & Development
Pseudo-planar heterojunction organic solar cell achieves world record efficiency of 20.21% Scientists have created pseudo-planar heterojunction organic solar cells with one of the highest efficiency scores ever for that structure. To do so, they had to overcome solvent-induced swelling and erosion of the donor. Their solution: a novel interfacial buffering strategy.
Lior Kahana
Jun 15, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Daqo expands beyond polysilicon Daqo New Energy will invest CNY 6 billion ($835 million) to build a smart energy systems manufacturing base in Kunshan focused on advanced power equipment and storage solutions for AI data center applications.
Vincent Shaw
Jun 12, 2026
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Polysilicon furnaces - large silver silos inside a factory room.
Markets & Policy
Global polysilicon prices hold steady as Section 232 outcome draws focus at SNEC In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
OPIS
Jun 12, 2026
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Research & Development
Longi unveils 27.27%-efficient heterojunction back-contact solar cell built with improved laser processing Researchers from Longi and Yangzhou University developed a laser-based manufacturing strategy to mitigate shock-wave-induced damage in HJT back-contact solar cells, improving passivation stability and device performance. The approach yields a certified 27.27% efficient solar cell and provides an industrially viable pathway toward ultra-high-efficiency photovoltaic fabrication.
Emiliano Bellini
Jun 12, 2026
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Technology & Products
Production not politics, capex not capacity – the new metrics defining U.S. solar manufacturing The landscape for solar PV manufacturing in the United States is set to move from bystander-curiosity to manufacturing-scrutiny. Finlay Coville explores how this transition has come about, why the existing analysis of the manufacturing space has been largely superficial until now, and what tracking a capital expenditure (capex) heavy manufacturing sector looks like in practice.
Finlay Colville
Jun 10, 2026
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Research & Development
UNSW, Trina Solar design silver-free back contact PV cell with screen-printed aluminum contacts Researchers from UNSW and Trina Solar developed a silver-free silicon tunnel-back-contact solar cell using dual-polarity screen-printed aluminum contacts on poly-Si/SiOx passivated structures with optimized firing and specialized aluminum-silicon (Al-Si) pastes. The approach enables low-resistance contacts and reduced silver use, but efficiency is still limited by higher Al/Si interfacial recombination, highlighting the need for further contact and interface optimization.
Emiliano Bellini
Jun 10, 2026