Industry Updates

Energy transition in the Middle East is picking up speed, driven by well-designed auctions, favourable financing conditions and declining technology costs, all of which are bringing renewables into the mainstream.

Trina Solar has announced the signing of a multi-year framework agreement with global renewable energy company Low Carbon. The agreement spans three years and involves the supply of at least 1GW of PV modules for multiple Low Carbon projects throughout Europe, Vertex N 605W and 670W+ being the products designated for the first of these in the Netherlands and the UK.

JinkoSolar has discussed its ambitions to grow its energy storage business in 2023, announcing plans to establish capacity in battery storage BESS deployments across residential, commercial and industrial and utility-scale sectors.

Power Electronics will showcase the products and innovations which continue to give it a leading 50% share of the US market at the 2023 edition of Intersolar North America, to be held at the Long Beach Convention Centre between 14th and 16th February.

LONGi has announced that its participation at the 2023 edition of the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi saw the signing of several distribution agreements, totalling 500MW, for its new Hi-MO 6 product with regional partners including Power N Sun, Nanosun, AGS, Power City and Noon, as well as other partners from Africa and Central Asia.

According to the latest data, JinkoSolar was the second largest module manufacturer in terms of shipments in 2022 and the most successful provider of N-type products, delivering over 44GW of modules including 10GW of its high-efficiency N-Type TOPCon Tiger Neo series.

Solis has showcased its most powerful inverters at the 2023 edition of Abu Dhabi’s World Future Energy Summit, with its new energy storage offering, the S6-EH1P (3-6)K-L, the centre of attention for visitors to the company’s booth.

TW Solar has showcased its high-efficiency modules at the 2023 edition of WFES, attracting significant interest from visitors, including Zhang Yiming, China’s ambassador to the UAE, who was given a comprehensive introduction to the company’s products.

The Al Ghazala Energy Company, Jinko Power Technology’s subsidiary in Saudi Arabia, has announced the financial closure and start of construction of a 300MW PV project in the Kingdom.

Gamesa Electric has reported a record year for its solar and storage inverter business in 2022, almost tripling 2021’s contracted capacity.