Industry Updates

JinkoSolar has announced that orders for its Tiger Neo panels have now exceeded 20GW in the nine months since the product’s launch in November last year.

Sharp Energy Solutions Europe has concluded a partnership with Midsummer Ireland for industrial, commercial and residential solar power systems across Northern and Southern Ireland.

Li Zhenguo, founder and president of LONGi Green Energy Technology, has given an online address to  the 8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion held in Milan, calling for the PV industry to focus on technological innovation to support its sustainable development.

JinkoSolar has announced that it has won a second order from China Datang Corporation for the supply of 780MW of its N-type Tiger Neo panels, following on from a previous contract with the Datang Group for 1GW in June. As of now, advanced sales of Tiger Neo have already reached 20GW.

Jinchen has taken part in the 2022 edition of Renewable Energy India, showcasing its latest portfolio of high-efficiency module and cell equipment to visitors attending the exhibition.

India’s Orb Energy has announced receipt of a US$20 million follow-on loan from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), to support its unique in-house financing facility for rooftop and ground mounted solar customers in the subcontinent.

Menlo Electric, one of Europe’s fastest-growing PV distributors, is launching a 240MW module tender for the first two quarters of 2023. The aim of the bid is to supplement already-contracted module deliveries for the first half of 2023.

Over a period of just four weeks, Berlin-based PV specialists Kintlein & Ose completed an 8500m² roof renovation on an industrial-scale German dairy farm in the Brandenburg village of Briesen, together with the installation of a 1.5 MW PV system deploying LONGi solar modules.

GoodWe has commissioned phase II of its manufacturing base in the Chinese city of Guangde.

Energy storage in the commercial and industrial (C&I) sector is poised for significant growth over the next decade, with the U.S. forecast to be one of the largest incremental markets.