The PV industry is set for a humbling 2025, with the current manufacturing downturn expected to extend well into 2026.

Representing the second major PV manufacturing downturn of the past 20 years, this period of the industry’s evolution could nonetheless create an ideal environment for PV technology to take its next logical step forward to the final chapter of the single-junction c-Si cell architecture era.

“Demonstrate your achievements for environmental protection or get sued.” This sounds quite aggressive, but reality shows that efforts towards environmentally friendly production and product development are taken from the ‘best practises’ valuation into the demands of legal obligation. How can the recreational boating industry demonstrate its value in this changed reality?

Singapore-headquartered solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies posted net losses of US$14.87 million in its Q1 2024 financial results. It also announced that its future utility-scale solar business will be “focused exclusively on the US”.