Industry Updates

With its largest 2.1GW factory for TOPCon cells at the company’s Taizhou headquarters, Jolywood is now actively expanding its production capacity, with additional 1.5GW n-type mono bifacial and 16GW high efficiency cell factories under construction in Taizhou and Taiyuan respectively.

Sungrow has announced the signing of a contract to supply equipment to German EPC juwi for a 36MW off-grid solar farm and 7.5MW battery energy storage system at the Sukari gold mine operated by Centamin in Egypt. The project will be the largest solar-plus-storage plant located at a mine site, significantly facilitating energy transition for minerals in the MENA region.

Having already passed advanced serial load tests, including for non-uniform snow and 20,000 cycles of dynamic mechanical load, Trina Solar's 210mm Vertex 670W module has now passed an extreme wind tunnel test, further proving that ultra-high-power modules can maintain their outstanding performance even when subjected to extreme weather.

On small islands and in developing and rural areas with limited or no grid access, off-grid solar power has become an increasingly popular energy solution for many. As part of its ongoing efforts to provide convenient access to green energy, Growatt, the world’s No.1 residential inverter supplier, has moved to launch its second generation off-grid inverter, the SPF 3000T HVM-G2.

SOFARSOLAR inverters have secured certification by China’s Power Product Certification Centre (PCCC), underlining the quality of the company’s products and its high standards of manufacturing and R&D.

Huawei has donated one of its latest award winning SUN2000-10KTL-M0 inverters to the Green School in Bali, helping it to further establish itself as a carbon positive campus, benefiting hundreds of young pupils, their parents, teachers and the entire community.

Kehua Hengsheng Power Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kehua Tech (Kehua), and Dongfang Electric International Corporation have signed an agreement to cooperate in the fields of PV and energy storage, sharing technical, customer and project resources, jointly developing projects and expanding their international market share.

The rapid advent of the high-power module era has made the industry acutely aware of the new challenges presented by module technology. Based on the concept of maximizing customer profit at the system side, module product design is now gradually shifting toward the direction of large current. However, when module current increases to a certain level, it may bring with it some natural risks that cannot be ignored, together with the problem of power generation loss. These issues must be addressed by the industry, especially when it comes to quality and electrical safety risks involving products and systems.

The Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India is a natural solar hotspot and is home to 15MW of solar projects owned by Microtech Rollers, a manufacturer of forged and machined bearing races. The company commenced production in 1994 and has become an active advocate of renewables, with a firm commitment to lower its carbon footprint.

TrinaTracker has demonstrated the stable and efficient operation of its Vanguard product over a period of one year in a ±800 kV UHV DC Power Transmission Project in Qinghai-Henan, China.