November was a bumper month for PV capacity expansion announcements, with the big-six Silicon Module Super League players once again in the headlines, writes Mark Osborne.
The big-six Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) members face manufacturing pressures over technology migration meaning big advances may not happen in 2016, writes Finlay Colville.
Trina Solar this week announced a US$45 million settlement in an ongoing lawsuit with Solyndra, but a hearing with Yingli in the same case could yield the bigger story, writes John Parnell.
In only the last two quarters of 2015, PV module shipments and full-year guidance from the six ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) players has changed significantly. Mark Osborne reveals the manufacturers set to take the top spots this year.
The big-six c-Si module suppliers in the solar PV industry today – collectively known now as the ‘Silicon Module Super League' – are forecast to take their collective market share of global module supply to almost 50% this, writes Finlay Colville.
According to PV Tech’s preliminary analysis of global PV manufacturing expansion plans for the month of October 2015, new announcements reached 1.1GW in relation to thin film, c-Si solar cell and module assembly.
New research undertaken by PV Tech can exclusively reveal that Hanwha Q CELLS is on track to become the leading c-Si cell producer (by MW volume) in 2015. Finlay Colville has the story.
In the second blog looking at the top c-Si cell producers, Finlay Colville discusses which technologies they have chosen in order to retain high fab productivity and market competitiveness.
