Industry Updates

SOFAR has launched a new brand identity via a combination of physical (Shenzhen and Frankfurt) and online live-streamed events, underlining the company’s commitment to innovation and its role in powering a net-zero future.

Suntech has announced completion of delivery of  680MW of modules for China Machinery Engineering Corporation’s Al Dhafra PV2 solar power plant in the United Arab Emirates, further advancing construction of the world's largest single-site solar project.

DAS Solar has announced the official establishment of a German subsidiary, which will become the centre of its European operations and form an important part of its global expansion strategy.

JinkoSolar has announced the launch of the second generation of its Tiger Neo modules, already one of the industry’s most efficient and powerful products.  The upgraded Tiger Neo family now includes modules of up to 445Wp (54-cell), 615Wp (72-cell) and 635Wp (78-cell), with respective efficiencies of up to 22.27%, 23.23% and 22.72%.

November saw the official launch by LONGi of its Hi-MO 6 module, the first to feature high-efficiency HPBC cell technology and be designed exclusively for the worldwide distributed customer market.

Astronergy has announced that 355MW of its ASTRO N n-type TOPCon modules are to be installed at the Walla Walla Solar Farm in New South Wales’ Riverina region.

TW Solar has announced that work has commenced on a 25GW high-efficiency module production facility in Yancheng, China, from where it will mainly manufacture 182mm and 210mm modules based on its TNC/TPC technology.

Tongwei has announced the signing of an agreement with Hexing Electrical for the supply of 30MW of its 182mm high-efficiency modules for deployment in South Africa.

LONGi has donated VND 50 million in scholarships and computer rooms worth over VND 200 million to three Vietnamese schools, each of which received 20 new computers.

LONGi has announced that it has established new cell efficiency world records of 26.56% for a p-type HJT cell and 26.09% for an indium-free HJT cell, based on an M6 full-size mono-crystalline silicon wafer and its self-developed mass production process, the results certified by Germany's Hamelin Solar Energy Research Institute (ISFH).