Solar Manufacturing News

HORAD, the renowned photovoltaic panel automation line supplier, has lately commemorated the main opening of its brand-new plant in Changshu, Suzhou, China on November 25, 2020.

A tiny automation as well as composites manufacturer, Fujian Haiyuan Composite Material Technology Co (ST Haiyuan) has participated in a structure contract with Jiangsu Gaoyou Economic Development Zone in Gaoyou City, Jiangsu district China to build a 10GW high-efficiency solar cell and also module setting up plant at expense of around US$ 1.6 billion.

China-based PV module manufacturer as well as PV project designer and also operator, CECEP Solar Energy Carbon monoxide has started an initial phase of construction of an advanced solar cell facility as part of a new method to get in and also end up being a significant seller cell manufacturer with an overall capability of 50GW.

LPKF Laser & Electronics has protected its very first laser solar scribing system order from a CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) thin film customer worth around US$ 12.2 million.

'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) member JA Solar has included an additional 6GW of future PV module assembly ability growths to its substantial roster already revealed in 2020.

Leading monocrystalline wafer manufacturer, LONGi Green Energy (LONGi Group) has actually safeguarded a minimal 270,000 MT of polysilicon supply from Xinte Energy over a five-year period.

Significant polysilicon producer GCL-Poly Energy Holdings anticipates to meet formerly set targets of accomplishing 10,000 MT manufacturing capacity of its Fluidized Bed Reactor granular polysilicon innovation by the end of 2020.

China-based PV backsheet and high-efficiency PV module supplier Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Co (Jolywood) believes its latest iteration of an n-type TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) can attain 24.5% conversion efficiencies in volume production, the greatest in China for such a cell design.

Solar PV modules based upon 210mm cells generate the best levelised expense of power (LCOE) as well as supply better balance of system (BOS) expenses, according to an examination carried out by independent advisory DNV GL.

UK-based battery supplier Britishvolt has actually finalised Blyth, Northumberland as the website to develop its ₤ 2.6 bn battery gigaplant.

Meyer Burger Technology has actually concurred a settlement with Swiss headquartered PV maker, EcoSolifer over a 2015 on heterojunction (HJ) solar cell line contract that will cause a CHF 1.97 million (US$ 2.22 million) loss for Mayer Burger.

According to Johannes Bernreuter, head of Bernreuter Research the supply of polysilicon for the PV sector will certainly continue to be constrained in 2021, while considerable overcapacity is impending in 2022 as well as perhaps increase in 2023.

Panasonic Corporation of North America today revealed its brand-new EverVolt Solar Modules series with the introduction of four new modules developed to accompany its EverVolt Battery Storage system.

Longgen Zhang, the chief executive of polysilicon carrier Daqo New Energy, has actually surrendered from the board of supervisors of leading solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar.

China-headquartered module supplier Seraphim is developing a 750MW module setting up factory in Vietnam to broaden its worldwide manufacturing foorptint as well as far better offer the growing United States market.