China

ET Solar main shareholder files for insolvency
The relocation, by Taitong Industry Ltd, will come as a fresh blow to the Chinese module maker, which twice failed to go public-- in the U.S. and China-- and whose project advancement organisation suffered a battering in China when Beijing checked aids in 2018.
Feb 3, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, ET Solar, bankruptcy
Top Five Emerging Markets for Clean Energy Investment
Jan 31, 2020 // Market Research, India, China, Chile, South america, Brazil, Asia, Kenya, Africa
Changzhou manufacturing glass PV tiles for Tesla
The Chinese listed company had to confess it was manufacturing glass photovoltaic roof tiles for Tesla. The confession was forced by major share price fluctuations.
Jan 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, TESLA, China, Panasonic, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, North America, solar roof tiles, changzhou almaden
Thinner silicon wafer is urgent question again
Lower prices for polycrystalline silicon have turned interest from poly-Si consumption minimization. However, the latest study shows that, with account to modern technologies, slimming wafers can be crucial for cost reduction and is worth attention again.
Jan 28, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, China, Asia, silicon, North America, polycrystalline
Innovative luminescent film to make a solar cell more efficient
A group of scientists from China has created an EVA film claimed to improve efficiency of solar devices by about 0.5 percent. This newly developed pure film converts ultraviolet radiation into visible light.
Jan 28, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, Asia, EVA film
Wacker’s polysilicon division dives to €55 million loss in 2019
Major polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie has reported preliminary full-year 2019 financial results, highlighting higher than previously guided asset impairment charges on its polysilicon division as ASPs (Average Selling Price) remain at record lows leading to an EBITDA loss of €55 million.
Jan 28, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, polysilicon, wacker chemie, Asia, Rudolf Staudigl
Panda Green settles $350m notes with hours to spare
The debt-saddled developer now has to hope its latest, $230 million state bail-out goes ahead before summer or it will be left $260 million in hock to its Beijing-owned main shareholder.
Jan 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Panda Green
EGing to invest US$ 144 million over in manufacturing upgrades and relocation
EGing Photovoltaic, PV maker is planning after guiding a full-year 2019 internet gain reduction, production relocation and major production upgrades to come back to competitiveness.
Jan 23, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, monocrystalline wafer, eging photovoltaics
PRC to install 35-38GW of PV capacity in 2020
According to the data published by Chinese NEA, the People’s Republic installed 12 gigawatts of photovoltaic projects in December. However, the country also developed almost 41 gigawatts of carbon-emitting coal power generation capacity during 2019.
Jan 22, 2020 // Large-Scale, Market Research, China, AECEA, Asia, Chinese NEA
GCL to sell 7 Chinese solar plants for USD 156.5m
GCL New Energy has inked an agreement for selling seven China-based photovoltaic projects to CHNG. The total capacity of the operational facilities is about 294 megawatts.
Jan 22, 2020 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, GCL New Energy, CIT Group, CHNG
The Titanic Gift to China's Solar Makers of trump
The White House put an loophole in its own tariffs, and the effort to undo it has been held up in court.
Jan 22, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Tariffs, Solar, China, Trump, Asia, Hanwha Q-Cells
Manz and Shenzhen Yinghe Technology sign cooperation deal on lithium battery-making
Manz AG has signed an agreement with China’s Shenzhen Yinghe Technology for strategic cooperation in lithium-ion cell and module production.
Jan 17, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, Manz AG, Shenzhen Yinghe Technology, lithium-ion cell
US soars and China slumps as global PV investment dips year-on-year
A bustling US and a slumping China offered a contrasting picture of solar investment during a year when the global industry laid the foundations of a subsidy-free shift
Jan 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, BNEF, China, Asia, North America
Jinko claims two more efficiency records for bifacial panels
The Chinese manufacturer has achieved conversion efficiencies of 21.82% and 22.49% for its p-type PERC and n-type HOT bifacial panels, respectively. The results were confirmed by Germany’s TÜV Rheinland.
Jan 17, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, bifacial, PV panels, Asia, PERC, Jinko
Singulus gets €50 million follow-on CIGS thin film tool order from CNBM
Specialist PV manufacturing equipment supplier Singulus Technologies has received a new order for CIGS thin film processing tools from existing customer, China National Building Materials (CNBM).
Jan 16, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, CIGS thin film, CNBM, singulus technologies