Agenda 2025

The opening session of PV CellTech USA 2025 will explore the complex policy environment shaping the domestic solar manufacturing landscape. This session will feature industry leaders and policy experts examining the impact of recent and proposed tariff measures, shifts in global trade dynamics, and federal incentives on U.S. PV competitiveness. Speakers will review how these factors are influencing investment decisions, supply chain strategies, and long-term planning for domestic production. Insights will also be shared on how manufacturers are positioning themselves in response to evolving market pressures and end-market demands heading into 2026.

The session will also feature an exclusive update from one of the leading vertically integrated solar manufacturers in the US. Attendees will hear firsthand about their operational experience, key challenges faced in domestic manufacturing, and their technology roadmaps for the coming years. This presentation will provide valuable perspective on how American solar manufacturers are navigating the current landscape while driving innovation.

This session focuses on the U.S. manufacturing of key components needed to establish a comprehensive PV manufacturing eco-system, with particular emphasis on the upstream supply chain for polysilicon, ingots, and wafers. The discussion will explore the critical raw materials that go into the production of PV cells and modules, including silicon feedstock processing, crystal growth technologies, and wafer manufacturing processes. Additional components such as backsheets, films, specialized glass, silver and copper powder and paste, frames, trackers, and other balance-of-systems elements will be examined in the context of creating a resilient domestic photovoltaic production capability.

This panel brings together key perspectives from across the solar value chain, featuring executives from a fully vertically integrated company with expertise spanning polysilicon, wafers, cells, and module production, alongside specialists from a dedicated module manufacturing operation, cell manufacturing and a polysilicon producer. Panellists will explore how vertical integration strategies can enhance supply chain resilience, reduce dependency on imports, and accelerate American solar manufacturing capacity. The discussion will examine recent policy initiatives, investment opportunities, technological innovations, and collaborative approaches needed to strengthen each link in the domestic solar supply chain, from raw materials to finished products.

This session will explore the opportunity to deploy state of the art manufacturing processes in building new c-Si cell production capacity in the U.S. Key challenges will be addressed, including patent risk, equipment availability, and the maturity of next-generation technologies. The session will highlight promising home-grown innovations and examine how these can transition from research labs to high-volume manufacturing. Attendees will hear from leading research institutions advancing high-efficiency cell line optimisation and from companies offering cutting-edge production equipment suited for the U.S. manufacturing landscape. 

This session explores the critical technology pathways for solar manufacturers seeking to adopt cutting-edge photovoltaic architectures with higher efficiencies. Industry experts will examine the commercial viability and manufacturing challenges of TOPCon technology, which offers significant efficiency gains but faces challenges including specialized equipment needs, and increased production costs compared to other technologies. We’ll also examine the remarkable progress in perovskite technology, including recent breakthroughs in stability, scalability, and tandem applications that promise to shatter traditional efficiency limits. Attendees will gain insights into technology roadmaps, investment considerations, and practical strategies for production line conversion. 

Perovskite solar technology has made impressive strides in the lab, but the path to widespread commercial adoption remains complex. This panel will bring together some of the leading voices working on perovskite technology to explore the most viable routes to market for perovskite-based products. From tandem solar cells to volume manufacturing and licensing strategies, the discussion will focus on scaling challenges, investment opportunities, and realistic timelines for product availability in the market. Attendees will gain an overview of what it will take to transition perovskite innovations from research breakthroughs to bankable technology.