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Modules & Upstream Manufacturing

Analyzing countervailing duty tariff rates on solar cells

Import tariff rates range from 0.14% to nearly 300% of the cost of shipped goods on certain solar cells and modules shipped from Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand.

Heliene receives $54 million investment to boost U.S. manufacturing

The closing of the strategic equity investment from Transition Equity Partners will help Heliene build out both solar cell and module manufacturing in the U.S.

Sunrise brief: Trina solar files with U.S. trade commission to protect TOPCon solar patents

Also on the rise: Data-driven O&M supercharging solar asset performance. Solar wafer prices steady amid improving supply-demand balance. And more.

Sunrise brief: Solar generation up 26%, but electricity demand outpaces growth

Also on the rise: First Solar opens $1.1 billion solar factory in Alabama. Solar levelized cost of electricity 56% lower than lowest-cost fossil fuels. And more.

First Solar opens $1.1 billion solar factory in Alabama

The thin-film specialist inaugurated a new, vertically integrated manufacturing facility that adds 3.5 GW of capacity.

Sunrise brief: Solar-plus-storage dominating future U.S. power grid

Also on the rise: Hydrogen-powered data center planned for Texas. Solar module manufacturer closes $50 million tax credit transfer. And more.

Solar module manufacturer closes $50 million tax credit transfer

Heliene will use the investment on its existing and planned U.S. solar cell and module manufacturing facilities.

Sunrise brief: Government nuclear sites across U.S. going solar

Also on the rise: Solar recycling innovation keeps solar panels out of landfills. U.S. solar industry on track to install 250 GW in five years. And more.

Thin-film tandem solar in the U.S.

Tandem solar-cell technology featuring silicon has been widely researched but materials such as perovskites, paired with established thin-film solar or with other perovskite cells, are pointing to a new development path.

DYCM Power announces $800 million U.S. solar cell and module factory

The joint venture announced a 2 GW facility with plans to expand up to 6 GW.