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In a new weekly update for PV -MagazineOpis, a Dow Jones company, offers a quick look at the most important trends in the global PV industry. August 29, 2025 Opis The Chinese Modulemarker (CMM), the OPIS benchmark for Topcon modules ≥600W, rose 1.18% to $ 0.086/W free-on-board (FOB) China this week, with market indications between $ 0.084-0.093/W. Since the start of the second half of 2025, prices have registered an increase of 4.88%. Forward curve indications have followed the spot market higher. The prices for Q4 2025 loads rose to $ 0.086/W, while Q1 and Q2 2026 remained stable at…
A manufacturer of the Tennessee Automotive component has turned the switch with a 1.5 MW solar project developed by Silicon Ranch. Project partners Silicon Ranch, De Tennessee Valley Authority and the city of Maryville Braakte Treeds on the solar farm for manufacturer Closed In November 2022 and construction ended this summer. This is only the first of three solar projects of a total of 10.5 MW that the group is planning to bring online to Blount County, Tennessee. Silicon Ranch projects the second facility to be online by December 2025 and expects the third to be online in the second…
Researchers have used guanidinium thiocyanate as a chaotropic means of modulating the crystal growth rate during perovskiet crystallization. They compared different concentrations of the Guanidinium thiocyanate. Champion Device Efficiency was 22.34%. August 29, 2025 Lior Kahana A research team led by scientists from the University College London in the United Kingdom has easily used salt to improve the performance of Tin-Lead (SN-PB) Perovskiet solar cells. The salt, Guanidinium thiocyanate (GASCN), was used as a chaotropic agent that modulated the crystal growth rate during perovskiet crystallization. “Our approach offers a simple, effective way to improve the perovskite quality during production, delivering…
The Vietnamese manufacturer Boviet Solar has terminated the exterior construction on a planned 3 GW solar cell factory in North Carolina. The facility is part of an American production hub of $ 294 million. August 28, 2025 Ryan Kennedy By PV Magazine USA Boviet Solar has completed the exterior structure of the planned 3 GW production cell facility in Solar Cell in Greenville, North Carolina. The Greenville facility, an investment of $ 294 million, is the company’s first North -American production hub. The production will focus on its range series Monofacial and Vega series Bifacial modules, which use advanced N-type…
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (Grid) has drawn long -term agreements on the floor price with EDF Energy Cover with 737 MW of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects.The floor agreements cover 100 MW from currently operational projects and another 637 MW of pipeline projects. They follow floor agreements with Statkraft and Markel Bermuda, a total of 789 MW, covered by Solar -Energy Portal Earlier this month.When the previous floor agreements were announced, Grid stated his intention to sign further contracts with another counterparty.The similarities with EDF are all at the same floor level in £/MW conditions such as those…
The Japanese Toshiba, Denso and Suzuki have launched the local lithium battery cell and electrode production in India through their TDSG company, which supply hybrid and electric vehicles for global markets. August 28, 2025 Uma Gupta Image: Pib, Indian Government By PV Magazine India TDS Lithium-ion battery Gujarat PVT. Ltd. (TDSG), a joint venture from Toshiba, Denso and Suzuki, started the local production of lithium battery electrodes in India. The facility is the first in the country with localization at cell level. The production of electrodes will produce more than 80% of the battery value in their own country. The…
The UK Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) sector has received a boost, since developers Statera Energy and Intelligent Land Investments (ILI) Group have protected critical planning rights.Statera Energy has permission from the planning for a Bess project of 500 MW in Oxfordshire. The Culham Storage Development will be located near the Culham campus of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), where research into new nuclear energy technologies is being carried out. The project is also near the Culham substation of National Grid, which reduces the need for new transmission infrastructure.The site will yield a net profit from 62% biodiversity to…
UK Energy Regulator OFGEM has opened an overview of how costs in the energy system are allocated in an attempt to make energy bills more fairer.The cost allocation and recovery review (Car) will look at the entire energy system of energy generation to household use and explore the considerations involved in different models of cost allocation. Orgem said that many domestic customers have made it clear that they find the current system unfair – multiple assessments of standing charges painted one “Stark photo” of the dissatisfaction of users With the current system – but the regulator said his research indicates:…
United States Grid -Interconnection agreements reached historical highlights in 2024, and rose 33% to 75 GW – the highest volume ever – due to new federal regulations aimed at streamlining the process, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie. According to the report “Following the progress of US -Sraster -interconnection”, ” Data from the Lens Power and Renewables platform of Wood Mackenzie shows that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order no. 2023, issued in July 2023,, together with other reforms led by independent system operators (ISOs), had a significant impact on the processing of interconnections -transmites about the…
In his inaugural study of the emerging production hub in the Middle East and Africa, the quality assurance and technical compliance companies have mapped 3.4 GW module, 2.5 GW solar cell and 8.05 GW Ingot -name plate capacity at 27 locations. August 28, 2025 Valerie Thompson Hong Kong-based technical compliance and quality assurance Company Sinovoltaics has released its first Solar Supply Chain Map for the Middle -East and Africa. It follows the nameplate capacity of 3.4 GW for modules, 2.5 GW for solar cells and 8.05 GW of ingots. “Ambitious growth views have been announced before 2030,” said the analysts.…