[SMM PV News] GCL Secures 1.2 MW Commercial Perovskite Tandem Module Order from Huaneng

The project is located in Oudomxay Province in northern Laos and was invested in and constructed by China General Nuclear Power Group. It was Laos’s first large-scale PV project. The project was officially commissioned at the end of 2025 and is expected to generate about 1.7 billion kWh of electricity annually on average. As an important supporting power supply for the China-Laos 500-kV transmission line for power interconnection, the clean electricity generated by the project will be transmitted to Yunnan through the China-Laos 500-kV interconnection project, supporting Yunnan’s energy transition and power supply security.

Slovakia installed 243 MW of solar in 2025, pushing its cumulative capacity to 1,357 MW. The additions were driven primarily by the residential sector (124 MW) and the 'C&I' market (102 MW), heavily supported by the 'green for households' scheme and the Resilience and Recovery ('RRF') facility. The Slovak Association of the Photovoltaic Industry ('SAPI') forecasts between 250 MW and 300 MW of new capacity in 2026, fueled by new 'green for businesses' funding and utility-scale projects racing to meet the June 2026 'RRF' subsidy deadline.

Tesla is advancing its goal to deploy 100 GW of US solar manufacturing capacity by 2028. Recent California job postings highlight a focus on developing equipment for 'massive scale' production. To support this, Tesla is negotiating a $2.9 billion procurement—including screen-printing lines—from Chinese suppliers like Suzhou Maxwell, Shenzhen S.C, and Laplace. Deliveries to Texas are expected this autumn, pending export approvals. This scale-up, teased by Elon Musk at the World Economic Forum, follows the market launch of Tesla's US-assembled solar panels from its New York Gigafactory, which is scaling to an initial capacity of over 300 MW per year.