Nexwafe secures cash injection from EU scale up funding
German solar wafer manufacturer Nexwafe is one of eight companies receiving investment in the latest round of the European Commission’s Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Scale Up call, an initiative addressing a market gap in deep tech funding in Europe.
Solar wafer price outlook turns pessimistic, global flows shift with evolving trade policies
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.
Prices rising across China’s PV supply chain, says EnergyTrend
Taiwan-based research firm EnergyTrend says market optimism in China has driven up solar module prices, while production of modules, cells, and wafers has increased month on month.
Weekend Read: Famine to feast – China’s solar market in 2023
China’s solar industry rebounded in 2023 after years of pandemic-related sluggishness. As the year draws to a close, pv magazine looks back at key highlights of 2023 and considers the prospects for 2024.
CubicPV secures $103 million of support for US wafer manufacturing
CubicPV says it plans to establish 10 GW of conventional mono wafer manufacturing capacity in the United States, driven by incentives in the US Inflation Reduction Act. The wafers could fill a void in the domestic supply chain and create 1,500 new direct jobs.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Longi, TCL cut wafer prices by more than 20%
Longi and TCL Zhonghuan have announced wafer price cuts, Arctech Solar said it will supply 2.8 GW of single-axis trackers for solar projects in India, and Risen Energy has started mass production of its heterojunction (HJT) solar modules.
Polysilicon maker predicts 5-year shortage of solar raw material
TBEA-owned Xinte Energy says it cannot produce polysilicon quickly enough to meet demand and wants shareholders to back its bid to quadruple its manufacturing capacity by mid 2024.
Chinese manufacturer wants 28%-plus efficient HJT perovskite tandem solar cells
Footwear producer Golden Solar announced it would enter the solar market last year, with a focus on heterojunction devices.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Wafer prices rise as Aiko Solar halts shares offering
Manufacturers Longi and Zhonghuan Semiconductor have both raised the price of their 182mm wafers while holding the cost of their other products as rival Shuangliang Eco-energy signed deals for more wafer production equipment.
Nexwafe closes financing round with €32 million
Innovative solar wafer company Nexwafe has closed its latest financing round with €32 million. The round was lead by the Indian group Reliance, which contributed €25 million to the round. The Freiburg-based wafer manufacturer intends to use the funds to drive forward the production and commercialization of its kerfless PV wafers.
