Leading monocrystalline wafer producer and ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Green Energy Technology (LONGi Group) has guided for a trebling of net profit increase for the first quarter of 2020, up 210% compared to the prior year period.
China-based PV backsheet and high-efficiency PV manufacturer Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Co expects to report a small loss in the first quarter of 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19 on its materials and solar module manufacturing operations.
Jolywood (Taizhou) Solar Technology Co, the PV module manufacturing arm of major PV backsheet manufacturer Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Co said it had made a conversion efficiency breakthrough with n-type TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) high-efficiency bifacial solar cells.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has dismissed patent infringement claims regarding its IP on shingled-cell solar modules made by Solaria as "meritless and unfounded".
Russia-based high-efficiency heterojunction solar module producer starts producing heterojunction cells using the M2+ (157.35 mm x 157.35 mm) n-type mono wafer, providing cell peak power up to 5.88Wp.
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The sourcing of PV cells and modules from authorised providers was due to become mandatory for certain projects in April but the country is granting a six-month extension to help with COVID-19.
COVID-19 has ‘exposed the vulnerability’ of value chains, says development bank as it advises other countries to develop domestic PV sector through standalone or collective action.
