LONGi Green Energy Technology Co, the largest monocrystalline wafer producer, has signed a new agreement to build a new 20GW wafer plant in Chuxiong, Yunnan province with further plans to expand capacity to 40GW in the future.
During the past few years, the migration from multi to mono, replacing Al-BSF p-type cells with rear passivation layers (PERC), and having the capability of bifacial light absorption, have been the very obvious technology shifts seen within the PV industry.
Capital expenditure (capex) for c-Si manufacturing (covering ingot/wafer and cell/module stages) is forecast at approx. US$9 billion in 2019, consistent with levels seen during 2017 and 2018.
LONGi Green Energy Technology Co, the largest monocrystalline wafer producer has announced major plans to further expand its ingot and wafer capacity past 2020.
Major polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie has directly blamed the Chinese governments support of its domestic polysilicon manufacturers for the need to make a major write-down of its polysilicon production facilities in Germany and the US with a massive €750 million impairment charge in its FY 2019.
The forthcoming PV CellTech 2020 event in Penang, Malaysia on 10-11 March 2020 is to feature a special session topic on thin-film solar PV, and review the prospects of this technology being the subject of another round of global investments.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) members, JinkoSolar, Trina Solar and Risen Energy have announced new PV module supply deals, cell efficiency records and overseas market growth this week.
LONGi Green Energy Technology Co, the largest monocrystalline wafer producer is planning a new 10GW monocrystalline silicon ingot manufacturing plant in Tengchong City, Yunnan Province, China.
Group manager talks top trends around bifacial, quality benchmarking and standardisation as part of onsite interview series at this year’s conference in Penang.
Solar market strategy head talks top trends around bifacial, quality benchmarking and standardisation as part of onsite interview series at this year’s conference in Penang.
