production capacity

In the first half of 2024, Italy has installed 3.7GW of new renewable energy capacity, of which 3.3GW came from solar PV.

Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has secured 4GWp of solar module contracts during the RE+ event in Las Vegas.

French solar company Reden Solar has announced a plan to increase its new solar module production capacity to 200MW a year by 2024.

Chinese module manufacturer Risen Energy has revealed its plan to expand the production capacity of its Hyper-ion solar cell and module to 15GW in 2023.

Chinese PV manufacturer Talesun has linked itself with global industrial services company MEM Group to develop a PV module production line in Turkey. The partnership will target 1GW of annual production by Q2 2023.

US thin-film manufacturer First Solar recorded an operating loss of US$68 million in Q3 2022, which it put down to ongoing supply chain disruptions.

Trina Solar has launched a new n-type module to its Vertex series with an 595W version for commercial and industrial (C&I) and utility-scale projects.

Solar inverter manufacturer SMA has unveiled plans to double its production capacity by 2024 at its Germany headquarters.

Heterojunction cell and module manufacturer Meyer Burger has started development of a new module facility with an additional 400MW in Germany to cater for European demand.

In the second and final installment of his blog from SNEC in China, Finlay Colville continues to extrapolate a snapshot of the global PV industry from what he saw there and how it all fits into wider trends and realities of the market today.