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The value of Chinese solar PV exports during the very first fifty percent of 2022 more than doubled year-on-year as module deliveries surged, according to new government figures.

Trina Solar has actually started building on a vast new industrial park in the central Chinese province of Qinghai that will cover practically the whole PV manufacturing chain from polysilicon manufacturing completely to modules.

Tongwei has actually announced that its subsidiaries have authorized a RMB50.9 billion (US$ 7.58 billion) silicon material sales contract for 216,100 tons with Qinghai Gaojing Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd

LONGi Solar has actually elevated prices for its 182mm wafers once more as upstream prices remain to edge upwards today, intensified by restraints caused by COVID-19-related lockdowns in China.

LONGi Solar is to procure more than 200,000 metric tonnes (MT) of polysilicon from upstream service provider Tongwei under a two-year agreement.

LONGi solar has actually boosted its wafer prices for the third time in less than six weeks as a four-month high in wafer prices proceeds, while Tongwei solar has additionally raised the price of its 182mm and also 210mm solar cells.

Daqo New Energy recorded a damage to its quarterly profits as well as margin in Q4 2021 after manufacturing costs spiralled as well as sales dropped against a slide popular.

China is anticipated to include 83-- 99GW of PV capacity each year from 2022 to 2025, while Europe is currently its biggest export market for solar products, according to a China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA) report on the expectation for the PV industry over the next few years.

LONGi has actually increased its wafer rates for a second time in simply over a month as hopes of falling prices fade as well as China shuts down for a week for its annual Luna New Year holiday.

Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor (TZS) has become the most recent solar wafer maker to cut prices, while likewise launching a new 218.2mm-size wafer.

LONGi Solar has actually dropped its wafer prices by as high as 9.75%, its first such fall in more than a year, as indications continue to place that industry prices are readied to normalise right into next year.

Reliance New Energy Solar (RNES) has invested US$ 29 million in German wafer modern technology business NexWafe's Series C funding round as it looks to develop wafer production facilities in India.

Solar wafer provider Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor (TZS) is to team up with parent business TCL Technology on a solar cell plant in Malaysia.

Chinese solar PV manufacturers JA Solar, JinkoSolar, as well as LONGi have launched a joint statement to reveal they have actually gotten to a consensus on the standardisation of PV modules generated that are based on M10 wafers.

US-based wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies has merged with Hunt Perovskite Technologies (HPT), with the combined firm preparing to offer market tandem modules.