Midsummer’s Swedish Solar Cell Factory Plans Finalized
EU Innovation Fund Winner Looking For Counter-Financing To Fund 200 MW Manufacturing Fab
Monday, 04 Dec 2023
Midsummer, the Swedish CIGS thin-film solar cell producer, has finalized negotiations on the conditions of the EU grant under the Innovation Fund, thus moving forward on its planned 200 MW solar cell factory in Sweden.
Solar Module Production Line Operational In Serbia
Ecoprogetti Announces Serbia’s 1st Solar Panel Production Line With 150 MW/Year Capacity
Tuesday, 28 Nov 2023
Serbian town of Velika Plana now hosts the country’s maiden solar panel manufacturing line, according to Italian solar PV manufacturing equipment maker Ecoprogetti that has supplied a 150 MW/year production line to Serbia’s DoMi Eko Solar. Ecop.
German Study On China’s Silicon Capacity Concentration
Rebuilding Independent European Solar Industry Difficult With Low Priced PV Products From China
Monday, 27 Nov 2023
The current concentration of global silicon and polysilicon production capacities in China and the country’s continued investment in expanding its capacity will make it difficult for Europe to rebuild an independent solar industry, warns the German.
€4 Billion Budget For EU’s 4th Innovation Fund Call
European Commission Offers €1.4 Billion For Cleantech Manufacturing; Launches 1st Hydrogen Bank Auction
Friday, 24 Nov 2023
The European Commission has opened the 2023 Innovation Fund auction round with a €4 billion budget to support deployment of innovative decarbonization technologies.
Made In Germany Solar Panel With 400 W Output
Fraunhofer ISE & Heckert Solar Create New Solar Production Line Under BMWK Backed Project
Wednesday, 22 Nov 2023
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems and Heckert Solar GmbH have developed a new solar PV module based on M12 half cells as a prototype and an output of 400 W, as part of their efforts to create competitive modules Made in Germany. In th.
Epishine Opens New OPV Solar Cell Factory
Swedish Manufacturer Expands Capacity With Roll-To-Roll Organic Indoor PV Cell Printing Tech
Monday, 20 Nov 2023
Sweden-based solar technology company Epishine has launched a new factory to produce printed organic solar cells using its in-house developed roll-to-roll printing process. It has an annual capacity to roll out 100 million modules.
Indian Solar Module Exports To US May Decline From 2027
India Gets Smooth Access To US & European Markets Till 2025, Post Which Local Manufacturers Take Over
Monday, 30 Oct 2023
Indian solar PV module manufacturers have been increasingly exporting to the US, a trend that’s likely to gain momentum till about 2025.
Partnership For More Solar Factories In Europe
IKAR, WCT & AE Solar Join Hands To Undertake Creation Of Up To 5 GW Solar PV Portfolio
Thursday, 26 Oct 2023
German solar PV module manufacturer AE Solar has secured partnerships with British entrepreneurial group IKAR Holdings and international investment group WCT Group to build ‘several’ factories across Europe for high-quality, efficient solar cells.
Technology Company Invests In European PV Producer
Solar Cell Metallization Pastes Producer Heraeus Acquires Stake In French Solar Start-Up HoloSolis
Wednesday, 25 Oct 2023
French solar PV manufacturing startup HoloSolis, a consortium launched in May 2023, has found yet another investor, in the German silver metallization pastes producer Heraeus Group.
EU PV Protectionism Harms Climate Protection And The Economy
Anti Dumping Tariffs For Imported Solar Modules From China Are The Wrong Answer To Protect The European Solar Manufacturing Sector, Says Carsten Pfeiffer from BNE
Monday, 23 Oct 2023
The goal of a strong European PV industry is right, writes Carsten Pfeiffer, Head of Strategy & Policy, of the German Association of Energy Market Innovators (BNE)in his op-ed.
TOPCon Solar Module Production In Germany
1KOMMA5° Announces PV Manufacturing Foray With 5 GW Plans, Starting With 1 GW In 2024
Monday, 09 Oct 2023
Residential rooftop solar systems installer 1KOMMA5° will set up a local solar module production plant in Germany, after launching its own solar panel at the end of 2022.
SolarPower Europe Against Trade Barriers
Incumbent Upon ‘Right Political Will’, Europe’s Solar Sector Association Offers ‘Balanced Solutions’ For Solar PV’s Industrial Resurgence
Wednesday, 04 Oct 2023
Amidst reports of Germany contemplating trade barriers to protect solar PV manufacturers from falling module prices, Europe’s solar power sector association SolarPower Europe (SPE) strongly advises against any such step that can have adverse im.
Sweden’s Midsummer To Lay Off Employees
Manufacturer Expands ‘Efficiency’ Program To Secure Resources For Italian Plant As CEO Seeks New Role
Monday, 02 Oct 2023
Thin-film solar PV manufacturer Midsummer has announced plans to cut down around 50 full-time jobs in Sweden as part of an ‘efficiency’ program.
New Hybrid Solar Inverter Production In Germany
RCT Power To Produce DC 8 & DC 10 Hybrid Solar Inverters With ‘Giga-Fab’ In Augsburg
Monday, 02 Oct 2023
RCT Power GmbH has launched a ‘Giga-Fab’ in Germany’s Augsburg region with 2 new production lines with a capacity to roll out around 5,000 hybrid solar inverters per month. The company will manufacture RCT Power DC 8 and DC 10 solar inverters on the new lines with an area of around 8,000 m2.
60 MW BIPV Production Factory Opens In Estonia
Solarstone Launches Europe’s ‘Largest’ Solar Factory For BIPV Modules With 60 MW Annual Capacity
Friday, 29 Sep 2023
Estonia has become home to a building integrated PV (BIPV) manufacturing facility which its operator Solarstone calls the ‘largest’ of its kind in Europe by production capacity. The 60 MW factory in Viljandi can assemble 13,000 integrated solar panels/year.
TOPCon Solar Module Production In Germany
German Solar Module Maker To Include TOPCon Glass-Glass & Glass-Film Modules in Portfolio
Thursday, 28 Sep 2023
As more and more manufacturers expand beyond PERC solar cell technology and adopt TOPCon, German solar module manufacturer Solarwatt has announced its foray.
A Case For Cleantech Manufacturing In European Union
EU Needs To Invest Billions In Scaling Up Clean Technology Manufacturing To Minimum Levels To Become Resilient
Thursday, 14 Sep 2023
German think tank Agora Energiewende believes the European Union (EU) would need to invest between €10 billion and €30 billion until 2027, and between €32.9 billion and €94.5 billion during 2028 to 2034, to scale up its clean technology manuf.
European Solar Wafer Manufacturer in Trouble
NorSun Lays Off Employees & Temporarily Shutters Silicon Wafer Plant in Europe As It Lands Supply Contract From US
Saturday, 09 Sep 2023
Norwegian silicon wafer manufacturer NorSun blames ‘more than one year’s’ uninstalled solar module capacity in stock in European warehouses thanks to Chinese companies selling their exceptionally low-priced modules to the continent as reason to temporarily shut production at its Årdal plant.
European-Chinese Consortium Plans German PV Fab
Ex-VW Boss Finds Partner In China’s JA Solar To Manufacture Solar Modules In Europe
Thursday, 07 Sep 2023
Herbert Diess, the former CEO of German automobile giant Volkswagen (VW), has picked Chinese solar PV manufacturer JA Solar to build a solar module factory in Germany under a joint venture (JV).
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