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'Solar Module Super League' maker JinkoSolar is to invest RMB450 million (US$ 70.3 million) in Tongwei Solar subsidiary Sichuan Yongxiang Energy Technology to assist fund a 100,000 MT high-purity polysilicon facility.

Recent solar wafer and cell cost increases from both LONGi Solar and also Tongwei, which have actually seen prices rise by in between 5.6-- 7.7%, have highlighted heightened volatility in the solar supply chain.

Solar supplier Tongwei boosted the rates of its cells for the second time in a month on Monday, with polysilicon rates also edging upwards today.

Tongwei reported a near-trebling of profit in the initial half of 2021 as costs climbed throughout the solar worth chain.

LONGi has increased its wafer rates for the very first time in almost two months with the market supported for continued high prices throughout the remainder of the year.

German research firm Bernreuter study has actually launched its most recent ranking of Polysilicon suppliers, and the prognosis for non-Chinese makers is not good.

The solar polysilicon industry is experiencing an altering of the guard, and all four of the leading suppliers will certainly be Chinese next year, research firm Bernreuter Research has predicted.

JinkoSolar has actually just recently begun construction of a 20GW large-scale solar cell production base in Chuxiong, Yunnan Province, China, which, as soon as total, will certainly end up being the globe's largest solitary cell manufacturing plant.

A consortium of solar module, cell and also wafer manufacturers have suggested to standardise 210mm item dimensions in a quote to accomplish the "ideal feasible scale" for the solar industry.

Leading solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar has authorized a lasting purchase agreement with solar polysilicon and also cell company Tongwei, worth virtually 100,000 MT.

Longi will certainly hold off on added panel output increases past the 600 W+ range until it can settle a number of key difficulties, a firm speaker informed pv magazine. Those impressive issues consist of low cell manufacturing yield, system compatibility, concerns regarding module transport, as well as hotspot-related failure dangers, along with the need for mechanical loading examinations.

The brand-new product, presently the most effective panel on the market, was showcased at the SNEC PV Power Expo in Shanghai. Likewise presented at the fair was a 780 W product from Tongwei as well as a 660 W module from Trina.

Building of the $2.87 billion manufacturing facility is arranged to begin in March and also production task must be introduced in 2021.

A maturing PV market does not automatically deliver certainty in terms of technology roadmaps and industry dynamics. Crystalizing trends and anticipating developments is the business of analysts, so pv magazine assembled four of solar’s best to talk about prices, technology and market-defining policy developments.

Last week the Chinese National Energy Administration (NEA) revealed the winners of its feed-in tariff (FiT) auction.