France To Host Integrated Solar Gigafactory
Carbon Picks Fos-Sur-Mer In France To Host Its 1st Solar Gigafactory With N-Type Technology To Produce 5 GW Cells & 3.5 GW Modules Annually
Monday, 06 Mar 2023
French solar technology company Carbon has zeroed in on Fos-sur-Mer near Grand Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM) in France to host its maiden PV products gigafactory having 5 GW annual solar cell and 3.5 GW solar module production capacity that’s s.
Iberdola Joins Hands With Exiom For Solar Manufacturing in EU
Iberdrola To Invest In Industrial Scale Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant In Spain; Plans To Expand Exiom Collaboration To Other Components In Value Chain
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2023
Spanish energy giant Iberdrola has announced plans to commission the ‘1st’ large solar PV module manufacturing plant in Spain’s Asturias region within 2023 in partnership with solar panels manufacturer Exiom.
Solar PV Manufacturing Slated To Come To Romania
€259 Million State Aid Approved By European Commission To Encourage Investments In Solar Cells, Panels & Battery Production In Romania
Thursday, 16 Feb 2023
Romania may just become the next solar PV manufacturing hub for Europe as the European Commission (EC) has approved a €259 million state aid for the country to support investments in the production, assembly and recycling of solar cells, panels and batteries.
Swiss Solar Cell Equipment For Enel’s Catania Lab
Switzerland’s Indeotec Bags PECVD & PVD Cluster Tool Order From Enel For Company’s New R&D Lab In Catania, Italy
Tuesday, 14 Feb 2023
Italian energy giant Enel that’s building Europe’s largest heterojunction (HJT) solar cell and module factory with 3 GW annual capacity, has placed an order for a combined PECVD-PVD cluster tool with Switzerland based Indeotec to deploy it in the company’s new R&D lab in Catania.
Unimot’s AVIA Solar Expands Polish Solar Module Production
15 MW Annual Solar Panel Production Fab In Poland Undergoes 3-Fold Increase To 45 MW, Thanks To Interest In Made In Europe Panels, Says Unimot
Wednesday, 08 Feb 2023
Poland based liquid fuels supplier Unimot producing solar PV modules under the AVIA Solar brand has expanded its annual production capacity of its Polish fab 3-fold to 45 MW, up from 15 MW, attributing the planned increase to growing demand for Made in Europe PV panels.
France’s Voltec To Increase Production Capacity By 150 MW
Voltec To Source Tabber, Stringers & Lay-Up System For French Module Assembly Plant From Mondragon Assembly By Q2/2023
Thursday, 19 Jan 2023
French solar module producer Voltec Solar is set to expand its gross annual production capacity by 150 MW after Spanish PV equipment supplier Mondragon Assembly delivers machines to help it process 6,000 cells/hour.
EU Promises Green Deal Industrial Plan For Clean Technology
EU Announces Green Deal Industrial Plan To Boost Investment In Clean-Tech Production; SolarPower Europe Calls It Significant Moment For European Solar Manufacturers
Wednesday, 18 Jan 2023
After Japan’s JPY 20 trillion Green Transformation Plan, India’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) and the US’ $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the European Commission (EC) has finally promised state aid for clean tech manufacturing .
Plans For Small Solar Module Factory In Luxembourg
Evocells & Socom Joint Venture Solarcells To Roll Out 100,000 Made In Europe Solar Panels From Luxembourg; To Double Up Production By 2026
Monday, 16 Jan 2023
Momentum for Made in Europe solar products continues with Belgian solar panel producer Evocells and Luxembourg based electrical engineering firm Socom announcing a joint venture (JV) called Solarcells to establish a 50 MW module fab in Luxembourg, with plans to double it up by 2026.
European Solar PV Community Demands Political Action
Solar PV Industry In Europe Wants Up To €0.15/W Public Support For Next 10 Years For Local Manufacturing & €40.0/MWh Energy Price To Build Sustainable Value Chain
Thursday, 12 Jan 2023
Wacker, Meyer Burger, NorSun, Norwegian Crystals, ECM Group, Fraunhofer ISE and Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP have come together as key stakeholders from the European solar PV community to demand urgent political action to revitaliz.
Austria’s Fronius Announces Production Capacity Expansion
Solar Inverter Manufacturer Fronius Scaling Up Manufacturing Capacity By Over 65% By 2023-End To Meet ‘Rocketing Demand’
Friday, 23 Dec 2022
Austria based solar inverter manufacturer Fronius International GmbH is expanding its annual production capacity by more than 65% to produce over 52,000 inverters a month from almost 32,000 per month it produced in 2022 which it says reflects a ‘re.
Can European PV Manufacturing Be Cost Competitive At Scale?
McKinsey Report Lists Higher Labor, Material, Utilities & Capital Costs As Putting European PV Manufacturing At A Disadvantage, But Growing Fast & Early Should Help
Monday, 19 Dec 2022
European solar PV manufacturers can hope to become cost competitive only when they grow fast to achieve scale, get early-mover advantage for new technologies and customers are willing to pay a premium for Made-in-Europe panels, as their costs at scal.
European Solar PV Industry Alliance Formally Established
EU’s 30 GW/Annum Vertically Integrated Solar PV Manufacturing Target For 2025 Gets Institutional Push With Official Launch Of Industry Alliance
Friday, 09 Dec 2022
After 2 months of formally endorsing the effort, the European Commission (EC) has now officially launched the European Solar PV Industry Alliance, strengthening efforts for European Union (EU) to establish 30 GW annual vertically integrated solar PV .
REC Group’s French Heterojunction Factory Plans ‘On Hold’
Another Setback For European Solar Manufacturing; After Maxeon Shuttered French Module Fab, Norway’s REC Group Puts Its 4 GW HJT Factory Plans In France On Hold
Tuesday, 06 Dec 2022
Norway based solar module producer REC Group has decided to put its plans to realize a heterojunction (HJT) solar panel factory with 4 GW cumulative annual capacity in France ‘on hold due to various changes in market conditions’.
China’s Talesun Solar Mulling Turkish Solar Manufacturing
Talesun Solar & MEM Group Announce Plans To Establish 1 GW Solar Module Production Line In Turkey In 2023; TOPCon To Follow In 2024
Tuesday, 29 Nov 2022
Chinese solar module manufacturer Talesun Solar has entered a framework agreement with MEM Group to jointly build a solar module production line with an annual capacity of 1 GW in Turkey by Q2/2023 and add a TOPCOn line in 2024.
Pilot Line For Tandem Solar Cells Under EU’s Pepperoni Project
HZB & South Korea’s Qcells To Set Up EU Funded Pilot Line For Industrial Tandem Solar Cells In Germany
Friday, 25 Nov 2022
Yet another step taken by solar industry, academia and policymakers to revive European solar manufacturing with German research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and cell & module maker from South Korea, Qcells announcing a pilot tandem pr.
Solar Module With 100% Western Silicon Supply
Germany’s 1Komma5º To Roll Out 420W Solar Module Using European Or US Made Polysilicon Only From Q2/2023
Thursday, 17 Nov 2022
German solar installer company 1Komma5º says it will contract manufacturers to produce solar modules with 100% European or US supplied polysilicon, having 420W power output at the ‘lowest end customer price point’ in Germany, starting from Q2/2023.
5 GW Fab For 4T Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Planned In France
Voltec Solar & Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France Propose To Produce Tandem Solar Panels At GW Scale
Tuesday, 15 Nov 2022
France based solar module producer Voltec Solar along with the Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île-de-France (IPVF) have announced plans to launch production of 4T perovskite/silicon tandem solar panels in the country, aiming for a scale of 5 GW by 2030.
Italian Solar Module Producer Expanding In China
FuturaSun Announces 1 GW New Solar PV Module Production Facility In China’s Suzhou & ‘Sister Gigafactory’ In Italy
Monday, 07 Nov 2022
Solar module manufacturer from Italy FuturaSun will be adding 1 GW production capacity to its portfolio with a new Gigafactory and Research & Development Centre in China’s Suzhou province for which it is acquiring 55,000 m2 land at an industri.
EU’s IBC4EU Solar Project With ISC Konstanz
Bifacial IBC Solar Pilot To Develop GW Scale Vertically Integrated European Production Value Chain
Monday, 07 Nov 2022
The European Commission (EC) has launched its IBC4EU project, coordinated by German research center ISC Konstanz, with an aim to demonstrate bifacial IBC technology as the ‘most promising choice’ for fast launch of GW scale PV production in the European Union (EU).
Solar CEOs Demand Bold Action From European Commission
Take Cue From US & India To Give Policy Certainty & Financial Support To European Solar Manufacturing
Tuesday, 11 Oct 2022
The Chief Executive Officers (CEO) of 13 European and American solar industry stakeholders have written an open letter to the European Commission (EC) President to take cue from the US and India to take ‘stronger’ and ‘bold’ action to acceler.
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