Industry Updates

project commissioned by TATA Power Solar on behalf of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), the largest solar project at a refinery location in Karnataka, has been successfully cut over.

Huawei Technologies has announced that it has won the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Climate Solver award for 2020 for its world-leading FusionSolar Smart PV solution. The award ceremony took place during the 2021 Climate Action Week/Zero Carbon Mission International Climate Summit in Beijing, co-organized by the WWF and Phoenix TV, and the FusionSolar solution was judged the winner from a host of candidates following a rigorous selection process.

Justin Wahid Rangooni, executive director of the Canadian Trade Association for Energy Storage, recently stated that, in order to achieve Canada's goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 and avoid falling behind in global energy system developments, more of the potential and value of energy storage systems should be brought into play. Modernization of the Canadian power system will be required before this goal can be achieved, of course.

Sungrow has released its half yearly report for 2021, showing that, in the first half of the year, net income  attributable to the parent company was 757 million yuan (c. 116.42 million US dollars), a year-on-year increase of 69.68%, with revenue of 8.21 billion yuan (1.26 billion US dollars), a year-on-year increase of 18.27%. 

Since the launch of Trina Solar’s 600W+ Vertex modules, their LCOE advantages and value have been the subject of evaluation and study by leading design institutes and third-party organizations. Fraunhofer ISE has now completed an assessment of CAPEX and LCOE of Trina’s 210mm (G12) ultra-high power modules and 182mm (M10) modules  from other manufacturers.

nsolidates the facility’s status as one of the most modern and sustainable manufacturing facilities in the national territory.

Antaisolar has announced that it has secured a 400MW tracker order from China-based project developer and EPC Jiayang, the third occasion that the two parties have cooperated.

support its customers in South Africa, but also Zimbabwe, Namibia, Madagascar, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Botswana and Tanzania.

ith monocrystalline PERC passivation technology approaching the limit of its conversion efficiency at around 23.5%, with an efficiency of around 22.5% in mass production, heterojunction (HJT) with intrinsic thin-film is well placed to become the next generation solar cell technology.

Growatt has announced the establishment of a joint laboratory with global semiconductor company Texas Instruments (TI).