Solar Manufacturing News

Enel kicks-off production at Italy’s heterojunction module factory
The manufacturing facility, idled a few years ago, will produce bifacial modules. The company claims panel efficiency exceeds 20.5% and the factory has an annual production capacity of around 200 MW.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Italy, Enel, bifacial, Europe, Antonello Irace, HJT heterojunction technology
Sungrow makes further inroads in US market with bankability rating
At the recent Solar Power International trade show in Salt Lake City, Utah, part of the larger North America Smart Energy Week, pv magazine met with Hank Wang, President of the Americas Region at the Chinese inverter manufacturer Sungrow. The company expects to ship 2 GW of products to North American markets this year with utility-scale products making up the bulk of these shipments.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Sungrow, utility-scale, North America, Hank Wang
Trina the only solar winner in Colombian energy auction
The Colombian government has revealed more details of the renewable energy procurement exercise finalized on Monday. Chinese manufacturer Trina was the bidder behind all three successful solar projects in the auction.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, South america, auction, Trina, Colombia
Promising soiling mitigation solutions should not be left to gather dust
A study has estimated the cost of PV project soiling may increase from €3-5 billion last year to €4-7 billion by 2023 due to more extensive deployment in high insolation and soiling-affected regions, such as China and India. The authors of the paper outlined the potential of soiling mitigation technologies while stressing more R&D is needed to reduce costs and for the adoption of such measures on a larger scale.
Oct 25, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, India, China, Asia, coating materials, soiling
First Solar sold out through the second quarter of 2021
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, First Solar said it was sold out of thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar modules through the second half of 2021 as the company continues to ramp its Series 6 larger-area modules.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, pv power plants, Mark Widmar, North America, first solar inc, cdte thin-film modules
Phanes, Huawei team up for major rooftop solar push in UAE
United Arab Emirates (UAE) has witnessed the installation of what is being billed as its leading distributed solar project to date, scattered across dozens of locations.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Canadian Solar, Asia, Huawei, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, UAE, phanes, pv inverter
DE Shaw buys 180MW project duo from First Solar in Utah
DE Shaw Renewable Investments has purchased two neighbouring PV projects in Utah contracted to provide power to Facebook from developer First Solar.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, First Solar, utility-scale PV, Utah, North America, Facebook, PacifiCorp, d. e. shaw renewable investments
Tesla’s solar installs bounce back in Q3 with no sales force
Tesla reported a bounce back in solar installations in the third quarter of 2019, while energy storage installs reached a new record high. The company is also launching a third-generation residential roof system ahead of a volume production ramp.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, USA, TESLA, Elon Musk, solar-plus-storage, North America, Zachary Kirkhorn
GCL-SI bags A bankability score at PV ModuleTech 2019
China-headquartered GCL-SI was among the module makers recognised at this year’s PV ModuleTech, arranged in Malaysia by PV Tech’s publisher Solar Media.
Oct 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Malaysia, China, Asia, Eric Luo, ModuleTech, GCL-SI
Microquanta achieves 14.24% efficiency with large-area perovskite solar module
The four-year-old Hangzhou-based business says it already has a 20 MW perovskite module pilot line and is working on a mass production facility in the city of Quzhou.
Oct 25, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, Asia, Microquanta, perovskite cell
Enel leaps up solar developer global ranking after project spree
The Italian fossil fuel company is not hanging around when it comes to diversifying into PV, with almost 1.5 GW of generation capacity plugged in since the start of last year.
Oct 23, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Canada, Singyes Solar, Canadian Solar, Italy, China, Enel, First Solar, Latin america, Europe, Asia, SunEdison, North America, NextEra Energy, Wiki-Solar, Enerparc
Jinko launches Tiger module Down Under
The Chinese manufacturer has officially unveiled its high-efficiency product in Melbourne after celebrating a 13.6 MW panel order from the nascent Hungarian PV market.
Oct 23, 2019 // Manufacturing News, China, Australia, Hungary, Europe, JinkoSolar, Asia, Oceania, mono perc, Melbourne, photon energy, Tiger
Meyer Burger literally betting the house on HJT cell strategy
The Swiss equipment maker has announced a fresh, CHF18 million order from Oxford PV but the news may have been strategically timed ahead of today’s update that it has completed the sale of its headquarters building.
Oct 23, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Germany, UK, China, Europe, Asia, oxford pv, meyer burger
Longi Solar signs 200 MWp mono PERC supply deal in Vietnam
The Chinese solar manufacturing giant will supply its latest modules to Singapore-based PV developer Hexagon Peak for a utility scale pipeline in Vietnam.
Oct 22, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Asia, longi solar, Dat Le
Oxford PV transfers US$18.2 million to Meyer Burger for next phase of equipment purchases
Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger Technology has received a further CHF 18 million (US$18.2 million) from partner, Oxford PV for the purchase of key equipment for a 125MW integrated production line to fabricate high-efficiency perovskite HJT tandem solar cells.
Oct 22, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Germany, UK, Europe, c-si manufacturing, solar cell, oxford pv, heterojunction, meyer burger, a-si thin film, peroskite