Non-Asian Silicon Wafers For Meyer Burger Technology
Meyer Burger To Source Silicon Wafers Of European & US Origin From Norwegian Crystals
Norway headquartered monocrystalline ingot, bricks and wafer producer Norwegian Crystals (NCR) has been contracted under a binding supply agreement to provide silicon wafers to European solar cell and module maker Meyer Burger Technology AG.
Meyer Burger Lowers Annual Production Forecast
Meyer Burger Brings Down Volume Targets Citing Challenges Related to Global Supply Chain Constraints
Swiss headquartered German HJT cell/module manufacturer Meyer Burger has lowered its annual module production forecast for 2022 from 500 MW and for 2023 from 1.35 GW shared previously, claiming it reflects ongoing supply chain constraints that preven.
Manz Bids Adieu To Solar PV Manufacturing
Germany’s Manz To Exit CIGS Thin Film Equipment Production; Swiss CIGS Maker Flisom Gets Marna Interested
German solar PV equipment manufacturer Manz AG has terminated its contract with China’s Chongqing Shenhua Thin Film Solar Technology regarding supply of its machines for the latter’s CIGSfab, and also decided to exit the solar manufacturing business altogether.
Solarge Raises Finance For Production Plans
ASN Bank To Lend €4.4 Million For 1st Lightweight Solar Panels Factory In Netherlands
ASN Bank of the Netherlands will lend €4.4 million to support solar module maker Solarge’s plans to develop what is being touted as the 1st lightweight solar panel factory in the country’s Limburg region.
REC Group’s French Plans Win EU Funding
EU Picks REC Group’s 2 GW HJT Module Manufacturing Plant under 2nd Innovation Fund Round
Norway’s REC Group has been selected as one of the 17 winners of the European Commission’s (EC) 2nd round of Innovation Fund awards, paving the way for the company to build a 2 GW heterojunction solar module manufacturing fab in France.
Integrated Solar PV Manufacturing Planned In Spain
Valencian Grant For Silicon Valen’s Plans To Install Solar Panel Fab as Part of Vertically Integrated Project In Spain
Silicon Valen SL, a local Valencian company has secured a grant from the local government of Generalitat Valenciana (GVA) to materialize its plans of installing what the project promoters want to be an integrated solar PV module factory in Spain.
SMA Solar To Expand Capacity To 40 GW By 2024
Europe’s Leading Solar Inverter Maker Announces New GW Factory In Home Country Germany For Large Scale PV
Germany headquartered solar PV inverter supplier SMA Solar Technology has announced it will construct a new GW factory in Germany to expand its production capacity from 21 GW now to almost 40 GW by 2024, to primarily cater to large scale solar PV power plants.
High Raw Material Prices May Jeopardize REPowerEU?
Wood Mackenzie Report Claims Europe Must Aggressively Expand Local Solar Supply Chain To Achieve REPowerEU Goals
Analysts with Wood Mackenzie believe the European Union’s (EU) solar ambitions under its flagship REPowerEU program may suffer with the rise in prices for raw materials and suggest that it would need to create and aggressively expand its local solar supply chain to meet the targets.
Day 2 Highlights From Intersolar Europe 2022
SPE Calls For 20 GW European PV Manufacturing, 150 MW Deal For Sofarsolar & New Products From Meyer Burger, TrinaTracker
Intersolar Europe 2022 day 2 was one again full of exciting new developments with SPE calling for 20 GW annual solar manufacturing along the value chain; Meyer Burger presented upgraded version of its rooftile; TrinaTracker launches SuperTrack; Sofarsolar lands 150 MW order.
European Company Places Order With Singulus
Singulus Technologies Lands Contract For Wet Chemical Machines For HJT Solar Cells
German solar PV equipment manufacturer Singulus Technologies has been contracted to supply its wet-chemical machines for heterojunction (HJT) solar cells to an unidentified major European energy company that’s planning to construct a new fab with ‘several GW’ capacity.
ISC Konstanz To Help French Solar Gigafab Go TOPCon
Solar Cell Start-up Carbon & ISC Konstanz Enter Technology Agreement For TOPCon Solar Modules
Germany’s International Solar Energy Research Center (ISC) Konstanz and French solar technology startup Carbon, with 5 GW production plans, have formalized their planned collaboration with the signing of a technology agreement for TOPCon solar technology.
Meyer Burger Announces New CFO Appointment
Markus Nikles To Join Meyer Burger As New CFO As Company Concentrates on German Expansion
European solar cell and module manufacturer Meyer Burger Technology AG has found a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the group in Markus Nikles who will join the position officially on September 1, 2022.
Largest European Solar Glass Maker Interfloat To Be Acquired
India’s Borosil Renewables’ Take Over Of Interfloat Group of Germany To Grow Its Solar Glass Capacity By 300 TPD
India’s only solar glass manufacturer Borosil Renewables Limited (BRL) is set to acquire 100% stake in what it terms as the ‘largest manufacturer of solar glass’ in Europe, the Interfloat Group which would scale up its output to 750 tons per day (TPD).
Europe PV News Snippets
Enel Green Power’s 3 GW Bifacial HJT Plans Secure EU Funding & More From Belgium, EPS, Helexia, Statkraft, IRENA
Enel gets €118 million grant from EU for Italian fab; VAT for solar panels in Belgium lowered; Gruner Serbia signs commercial prosumer contract with EPS; Helexia acquires Cap Sud Group; Statkraft gets €1.3 billion revolving credit facility for RE; IRENA & CRUL sign MoU.
‘1 TW Of Total EU Solar Capacity By 2030’
SPE Sees Potential For 39 GW Solar Power Capacity For EU In Coming Winter To Disinvest From Russian Gas
European solar PV lobby association SolarPower Europe (SPE) says as much as 39 GW of solar PV capacity can be added to the European Union’s (EU) energy generation capacity for the coming winter alone, albeit with the right framework ‘to support i.
Enerplan’s Solar Emergency Plan
France Must Raise Annual Solar Target To 10 GW By 2025 & Encourage PV Gigafactories
Local solar PV association of France, Enerplan has proposed a Solar Emergency Plan to be implemented nationally with an annual deployment target of 10 GW per year in 2025 and a minimum of 5 GW per year domestic production of solar panels, cells and silicon.
5 GW Solar Module Fab Plans For France
French Solar Start-Up Carbon Plans Gigafactory For TOPCon & IBC Solar Modules
A new solar technology start-up by the name Carbon has plans to establish a ‘gigafactory’ in France by 2025, with 5 GW annual capacity of solar modules based on TOPCon & interdigitated back contact (IBC) cells, with backing from Germa.
Solar Tracker Fab Announced In Italy
Enel & Comal To Establish 1 GW Italian Solar Tracker Manufacturing Facility
European energy giant Enel has announced a partnership with Italian solar power company Comal to build a solar tracker manufacturing facility in Italy with up to 1 GW annual capacity inside the thermoelectric oil and gas fired Montalto di Castro Powe.
Enphase Ships 1.1 GW in Q4/2021
As Financials Improve, Enphase Plans Microinverter Contract Manufacturing In Europe
US based solar microinverter supplier Enphase Energy, Inc has revealed its plans to expand its existing production capacity for microinverters with the addition of a new contract manufacturing facility in Europe, by the end of this year, which its Pr.
Developers Demand EU Solar Industrial Strategy
Eight European Solar Developers Write To EU Demanding Policy For 20 GW Solar Manufacturing
Akuo Energy, Amarenco, BayWa, EDF, Enel Green Power (EGP), Engie Iberdrola and Vattenfall have written a letter to the European Commission (EC) demanding a European industrial strategy that can lead the block to establish 20 GW solar PV manufacturing.
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