Solar Manufacturing News

JinkoSolar products 611MW of modules for Vietnamese project
JinkoSolar has actually provided greater than 600MW of modules for a utility-scale solar ranch in Vietnam.
Sep 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, bifacial, JinkoSolar, Asia, Risen Energy, mono perc, Vietnam, Tiger, transparent backsheet, Kingping Chen
RENA picks up 15 GW devices order
Germany based PV tools distributor RENA Technologies has actually gotten what it calls its 'largest ever order', from a tier 1 supplier in Asia, for 15 GW of its wafer texturing tools. Financial details of the deal have not been divulged, although the business states that the order is worth "tens of numerous euros."
Sep 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, Peter Schneidewind, RENA
First Applied greenlights plans for film, backsheet manufacturing development
Hangzhou First Applied Materials' board has approved strategies to increase its production ability for PV films and backsheets.
Sep 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, manufacturing, backsheet, first applied, pv film, Hangzhou
Daqo to 'considerably raise' polysilicon capacity with profits of Xinjiang IPO
Polysilicon maker Daqo New Energy has submitted new papers relating to a prospective initial public offering (IPO) to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, detailing exactly how profits will certainly be invested in new centers.
Sep 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, polysilicon, Daqo New Energy, Longgen Zhang, xinjiang daqo
Problem analysis assures kesterite solar cells with 18.47% efficiency
A global research study team has actually found that the presence of a few lattice flaws in a kesterite PV cell product can really improve efficiency, instead of lowering it. The group believes that kesterite PV cells can see mass production within the following years.
Sep 14, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cells, Asia, Iran, efficiency
RENA secures 15GW M12 wafer and also solar cell cleaning equipment order
PV tools vendor RENA innovations has secured its largest ever before single order from a significant PV supplier in Asia as part of the customer's brand-new 15GW PERC cell capability growth strategies.
Sep 11, 2020 // Manufacturing News, c-si manufacturing, monocrystalline wafer, PERC, rena technologies, Peter Schneidewind, Ulrich Jäger
UK's Power Roll trials low-cost, flexible solar-and-storage system in Himalayan towns
The system will use an ingenious solar film established by Power Roll that can be manufactured for just $0.03/ Watt and also released on a large range of non-load bearing structures, including agricultural as well as storehouse roofing systems.
Sep 10, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, UK, India, Europe, Asia, Power Roll, Ajay Shankar
First Solar brings modules to roof segment
The U.S. utility-scale PV leader is going small. After years of avoiding distributed generation, it is currently providing its Series 6 modules for "projects as well as customers of all shapes and sizes."
Sep 10, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, USA, First Solar, North America, Darin Green
Aiko Solar profits struggle with solar cell cost decreases but profits up 30% in H1 2020
Significant merchant solar cell producer Aiko Solar might have increased initially half year revenue 30% compared to the prior year duration, but COVID-19 and solar cell typical cost declines, caused by weak demand, sent out internet profits falling by 68% year-on-year.
Sep 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, c-si manufacturing, solar cell, monocrystalline wafer, PERC, aiko solar, covid-19
Solar is essential to develop the France of 2030
KilowattSol CEO Xavier Daval has actually criticized the absence of references to solar in the French government's post-Covid recuperation strategy, which has designated EUR30 billion to the power shift. The head of the PV technical advisory states solar must become a lot more main to France's critical choices as well as China must not be enabled to preserve its near-monopoly on PV panel manufacturing.
Sep 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Xavier Daval, covid-19
Game changer: Violet Power to supply 50-year solar panel guarantee with US-made IBC innovation
Coming out of stealth-mode, US-based integrated PV panel production startup, Violet Power intends to interfere with the PV industry with internal manufacturing of high-efficiency IBC (Interdigitated Back Contact) solar cells. The company will certainly use cell-to-module 'flex circuit' as well as thermal plastic encapsulant innovation in a glass/glass setup that will have a solar panel guarantee of 50 years, greater than three times the standard in the market, today.
Sep 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, monocrystalline wafer, North America, REC Silicon, sunpower corporation, violet power, interdigitated back contact, wafering, isc konstanz
GCL-Poly breaks ground on new polysilicon center
Polysilicon producer GCL-Poly has started construction on the first phase of a brand-new 54,000 MT polysilicon manufacturing center.
Sep 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, polysilicon, GCL-Poly, siemens process, fbr process
Modular systems to generate perovskite-silicon cells on six-inch wafers
Researchers in Germany are scaling up initiatives to bring perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell innovation into commercial scale manufacturing. The scientists state production cells of that kind is feasible on widely-available six-inch silicon wafers as well as modular systems are being created to do so at scale.
Sep 8, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, Bernd Stannowski
ReneSola Forms JV to Establish 3 GW Solar PV Manufacturing Facility
ReneSola as well as Zhongnan Industry have chosen to enter into a JV to set up a Solar PV manufacturing center with an annual production ability of 3 GW in China.
Sep 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, modules, renesola, International, Sky Wang, zheng lei
Ginlong Solis' PV inverter sales established new documents
PV inverter supplier Ginlong Solis has set new quarterly as well as half-year earnings figures as the firm remains to broaden its worldwide footprint and also string inverter item profile.
Sep 7, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, China, pv power plants, Asia, solar-plus-storage, residential, pv string inverter, ginlong solis technologies