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Polysilicon Makers Signal Tough Times, Count On N-Type Dominance

With Chinese polysilicon major Daqo New Energy announcing its Q1 results, the picture from a clutch of leading polysilicon makers has cleared a bit. For starters, prices are unlikely to go up significantly, pointing to a period of relative stability at best, or slight increases in eventual solar module costs. Among Daqo New Energy, OCI […]

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EU Probes Foreign Subsidies For Chinese Wind Turbines

After the US, now European Union (EU) Commission recently announced the launch of an inquiry into Chinese suppliers of wind turbines under the new Foreign Subsidies Regulation. This announcement came as Chinese wind turbine manufacturers pushed hard and won some orders in Europe. They offered cheap turbines and generous finance which distorts the integrity of […]

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Nordcell Plans 1.2 GW Module Plant In Sweden

Going against the grain of recent announcements of stress in the solar manufacturing sector in Europe, Swedish manufacturer Nordcell has shared plans to build a 1.2GW module manufacturing plant in northern Sweden, termed GIGA One. Nordcell said it is evaluating sites for the facility and hoped to begin production as early as the first half […]

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Austria Development Bank Invests In RE Firm AMPIN Energy

Renewable energy transition company AMPIN Energy Transition has announced an investment from OeEB, the Development Bank of Austria. OeEB will be investing EUR 25 million in long-term financing to support AMPIN Energy Transition in further expanding its renewable energy portfolio and establishing a local 1GW solar cell and module production facility in the state of […]

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Solex To Launch TOPCon Production In 4 Months: Kalpesh Patel, MD

Gujarat-based solar module manufacturer Solex has planned to start the production of solar modules based on TOPCon technology in the next 3-4 months, the firm’s top management said. In a recent interaction with Saur Energy at Inter Solar-Ahmedabad, Kalpesh Patel, Joint Managing Director (MD) of Solex, said that the firm planned to try the new […]

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Could a Donald Trump Presidency Trip Up The IRA?

The IRA, or the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States (US), ever since it came into force in August 2022, has been unfolding the kind of impact that has never been seen yet in the clean energy industry. Even as most provisions in the IRA became effective by Jan 2023, the biggest part of […]

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Top 12 Trends Of 2023 That Created Ripples In Indian Renewable Sector

For India, forming a backdrop to the whole year was the softening in global module prices, continuation of ALMM exemptions, and of course, the noise around carbon credits and green hydrogen. Which events actually made an impact? Which ones stood out and are most likely to make a real impact, and soon? We present below […]

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The 2023 Playback- What Our Most Read Stories Tell Us

As a digital publisher, one of the joys of publishing is the feedback, both immediate and ongoing that writers get on their stories. Seen both in actual pageviews and in terms of traction on social media, this feedback loop is a key to decide what gets covered, and what doesn’t at times. We say at […]

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China’s Module Giants Sound Alarm Over Falling Prices

At the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in Shanghai on November 27, the leaders of China’s, and the world’s largest solar module firms expressed worries on the all time low module prices seen in recent weeks and months. For what it is worth, prices are expected to drop even further before any recovery can start. […]

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