Solar manufacturers are facing rising cost pressure as silver paste now accounts for up to 30% of total cell production costs. OPIS analyst Hanwei Wu tells pv magazine that module producers currently ...

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.

The solar industry is turning to base metals and innovation to bypass the soaring silver price. Silver’s exceptional ...

Half cell solar panels, which divide conventional full-sized cells into two electrically independent halves, have moved from ...

China has turned solar power into a strategic industry on a scale no rival has matched, reshaping everything from panel ...

China’s Longi says it will begin mass production of base-metal PV modules in the second quarter of 2026 as rising silver prices intensify pressure to reduce metallization costs.

The average prices of polysilicon, wafers, solar cells, and modules had risen by 38.9%, 2.2%, 0.4%, and 2.3% year-to-date. Image: PV Tech The Chinese PV industry has witnessed a wave of collective ...

Welcome to my first contribution to Solar Power World, part of a new series of articles looking specifically at U.S. solar ...

Record rallies in silver and aluminium, tightening supply from China, and a weaker rupee have driven module prices higher by ...

First Solar (FSLR) is back in focus after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected rival challenges to its TOPCon solar ...