Major polysilicon producer GCL-Poly Energy Holdings expects to meet previously set targets of achieving 10,000MT production capacity of its Fluidized Bed Reactor granular polysilicon technology by the end of 2020.
China-based PV backsheet and high-efficiency PV module manufacturer Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Co (Jolywood) believes its latest iteration of an n-type TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) can achieve 24.5% conversion efficiencies in volume production, the highest in China for such a cell architecture.
Russia-based high-efficiency heterojunction solar module producer Hevel Group has announced it won 40MW of PV projects in a recent renewables auction in Kazakhstan.
The first of Spain’s new clean energy auctions is set to take place next month, with the country’s government allocating a total of 3GW of renewables capacity.
Swiss energy storage company Leclanché has broken ground on a US$70 million solar and storage microgrid project on the Caribbean island of St Kitts and Nevis.
Solar PV modules based on 210mm cells produce the best levelised cost of energy (LCOE) and deliver improved balance of system (BOS) costs, according to an evaluation conducted by independent advisory DNV GL.
The Queensland government has been flooded with expressions of interest for its planned renewable energy zones, with enough projects put forward to create 60GW of clean energy in the Australian state.
