Industry Updates

Shanghai’s newly reconstructed Fengbang, Jiuting, Chuansha metro station has become the city’s first BIPV solar-powered train terminal, and one of the most environmentally friendly mass transportation sites ever built in China. It’s also among the more prominent examples of how building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) power can be architecturally integrated into a large structure.

As of early November, LONGi’s Hi-MO 5 (72C) modules had been supplied to some 600 clients in 57 countries, with cumulative shipments now exceeding 10GW. 

anticipated features, together with higher efficiency. The company provided updates on the key performance metrics of the new module at its official launch in Shanghai, reporting that, in addition to the previously reported efficiency increase of up to 22.3% and maximum 620W output based on a 182 wafer, the Tiger Neo is also equipped with a new “performance package” that enhances JinkoSolar’s already industry-leading module efficiency and reliability, resulting in much lower LCOE and IRR.

LONGi founder and president Li Zhenguo has participated in a special company activity at COP26 in Glasgow via online video, outlining LONGi’s “Commitment and Action to Address Climate Change” and releasing the company’s first White Paper on Climate Action at the China Corporate Pavilion.

Trina Solar has unveiled the results of outdoor tests in two project locations, which suggest that its Vertex module presents advantages in field energy yield performance when compared with 182 modules. Testing took place at the National Photovoltaic Quality Inspection Center (CPVT) in Yinchuan, north western China and the National Photovoltaic Science and Technology Laboratory (PVST) in Changzhou. 

In order to compare the power generation performance of bifacial PERC and monofacial modules installed using different methods, LONGi and the CGC conducted a one-year pilot project test in Togtoh county between December 2019 and December 2020. The results showed that, under conditions of saline soil and high temperature irradiation, the first-year power degradation of both modules was less than 2.0%. Compared with their monofacial equivalents, however, the bifacial modules produced a 10.0% higher level of power generation. The modules were able to deliver a significant energy yield gain when installed with a single-axis tracker (SAT).

its commercial & industrial (C&I) and residential PV and energy storage products in the Southern African market.

Jolywood Solar has announced that its shipments of TOPCon modules to the Middle East went through the 1GW ceiling as of the end of 2020. Bloomberg figures have put cumulative installed capacity in the Middle East at 10.33 GW and, with a market share of nearly 10%, Jolywood has become the region’s largest n-type supplier.

Trina Solar has shipped 30MW of its 210mm Vertex 670W modules to a fishery PV project in northern China.

Sungrow has announced that it has set a new record of 10GW of PV inverter shipments to India, up from the 7GW previously announced in January.