Tag: QCells
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Qcells, Heliene, Meyer Burger sign on for North America solar glass supply
Canadian Premium Sand Inc. is developing a new facility to produce patterned solar glass for the growing footprint of North America-based solar module manufacturers, and last week announced three significant offtakers: Hanwha Solutions Corporation (Qcells), Heliene Inc. and Meyer Burger Technology AG. Canadian Premium Sands and its EPC consortium have designed an 800 tonne per……
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Summit Ridge Energy secures 1.2 GW of Qcells modules for community solar pipeline
Commercial solar company Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) signed a module supply agreement with Qcells last week that was announced with much more fanfare than a typical solar panel purchase. First, the 1.2 GWs of solar panels is being touted as “the largest equipment purchase in history within the community solar industry.” Second, a “majority” of……
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Encapsulants added to Qcells’ U.S.-based solar module supply chain
There is much more to the solar module supply chain that wafers and cells. To this point, Qcells is planning the boldest U.S. solar module supply chain plan among the global polysilicon-based solar module and cell manufacturers — and they just keep building it out. Qcells’ solar supplier, Hanwha Advanced Materials Georgia (known as HAGA)……
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SolarReviews 2023 module rankings: Qcells, Canadian Solar take top spots
Consumer solar marketplace SolarReviews released its annual solar panel rankings this week, elevating Qcells and Canadian Solar to the top spots. SolarReviews developed an objective ranking system to evaluate the top solar panels on the market each year, and in 2023, Qcells and Canadian Solar stand out for “product reliability in terms of solar performance……
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Module manufacturing moves this month show power of U.S. policy
The combination of the Inflation Reduction Act incentives, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) detentions and AD/CVD tariffs is resulting in new U.S. solar module manufacturing as well as a global supply network that is less reliant on China-based polysilicon and wafer supply. For its part of this cocktail, the IRA has two key……