Manufacturing

The new episode of the Solar Media Podcast is out now, as Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe try to make sense of the US election result and what President-Elect Joe Biden may do for the green economy.

The founder and chairman of ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Jin Baofang has been detained by local government officials in Pingdu City, Shandong Province, China.

Leading solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar has signed a long-term purchase agreement with solar polysilicon and cell provider Tongwei, worth nearly 100,000MT.

Meyer Burger has appointed a new managing director to lead its transition to become a manufacturer of heterojunction solar cells and modules.

Major module manufacturers in China have called on the country’s government to intervene and ease solar-grade glass shortages they have said are “out of control”.

SolarEdge witnessed record revenues in Europe as sales in North America stagnated in Q3, with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic still clear and present in the company’s financials.

Trina Solar is taking aim at residential and small C&I solar markets worldwide by launching its new ultra-high performance 405W Vertex S series module globally, with production capacity of the product set to reach 10GW by the end of 2022.

Speaking exclusively to PV Tech, Jolywood president Lin Jianwei discusses the company’s progress over the past 12 years, how it has progressed its n-type TopCON technology to mass manufacturing, and what the future holds.

LONGi Solar has signed a deal with German-based wholesaler EWS which will see its module supply reach expand into northern European markets.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Trina Solar reported an 18.66% increase in revenue for the first nine months of 2020 compared to the prior year period, setting the company on a path to exceed 2019 financial results in the fourth quarter after several years of annual revenue declines.