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Modules & Upstream Manufacturing

First Solar names Alabama as site for its fourth U.S. solar manufacturing facility

The company plans to invest approximately $1.1 billion in a 3.5 GW manufacturing facility to be commissioned by 2025.

Sunrise brief: Solar industry requests that Commerce throw out the tariff case

Also on the rise: Tackling soft costs in U.S. residential solar. REC Solar reports disappointing Q3 earnings, dip in poly sales. And more.

REC Silicon Q3 report reveals 24.7% dip in polysilicon sales

The company reports that disappointing earnings are the result of ongoing supply chain constraints affecting global shipments and order timing, indicating that it will pursue an additional price increase in 2023.

JinkoSolar claims 23.86% efficiency for n-type, TOPCon monocrystalline panel

JinkoSolar’s newest PV module has an efficiency rating of 23.86%. It is based on its TOPCon mono cell tech, which achieved a record efficiency of 26.1% in October, as confirmed by TÜV Rheinland.

Philadelphia Solar partners with Translucent to build solar module manufacturing facility in the U.S.

Joint venture with Translucent Energy moves Jordan-based Philadelphia Solar’s planned U.S. manufacturing facility closer to reality.

Commerce pushes preliminary solar antidumping tariff decision to December 1, 2022

The U.S. Department of Commerce has delayed its ruling on the anticircumvention/antidumping case levied against four Southeast Asian countries alleged of harboring tariff-dodging solar goods.

The role of solar in the Inflation Reduction Act

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 sets aside $369 billion to decarbonize the economy and respond to climate change. pv magazine USA’s Anne Fischer and Ryan Kennedy report on the boost the landmark legislation is expected to provide to solar and battery deployment and manufacturing.

A majority of new solar panels will retain 80% production after 30 years

A five-year Sandia Labs study of new solar module degradation found that 13 of 23 tested module types would have effective lifetimes exceeding 30 years.

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New York Governor Hochul announces $319 million dry pump facility

This investment helps secure domestic supply chains for an essential component in the solar cell manufacturing process.

Mission Solar announces 1 GW made-in-USA solar panel manufacturing expansion

The company plans to add 300 MW of production capacity immediately and targets 1 GW of annual production expansion by 2024.

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