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 French government plans to expand photovoltaic systems to 140 gigawatts by 2050. Around 90 gigawatts of the total volume in the middle of the century are to be realized by ground-mounted systems, the rest by industrial and private photovoltaic roof systems.

The European Parliament and the European Council have reached an interim agreement to increase the EU's binding renewable energy target for 2030 to at least 42.5% of the total energy mix. At the same time, an indicative target of 2.5% was also negotiated, which would bring Europe's share of renewabl

According to BloombergNEF research, government policy has hindered the development of the US solar industry, but the situation will improve in the second half of 2022 due to a policy turnaround.From January to November 2022, the value of imported photovoltaic modules in the United States is about 7.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) says Chinese manufacturers produced 357 GW of wafers and 318 GW of solar cells in 2022.China’s MIIT said this week that Chinese PV manufacturers produced 827,000 MT of polysilicon, 357 GW of wafers, 318 GW of solar cells, and 288.7 GW of

The House of Representatives of the Netherlands has voted to end net metering. If the Dutch Senate approves the proposal, it could usher in a new era for rooftop PV, with storage becoming crucial for the country’s energy transition.

SunPower provided more details on the planned capacity expansions of the new offspring in its fourth quarter earnings call. Image: SunPower Corp