United Solar Ovonic, fully owned by listed parent company Energy Conversion Devices, is doubling its production capacity to 60 MW to keep up with demand.

This matters because ECD is the largest producer of amorphous silicion in the world and it just got bigger.

What is amorphous silicion?

It is a type of ligher and flexible solar panelling which has a much wider range of application, typically in roofing as a membrane.