Industry Updates

LONGi has consolidated its leading role in R&D innovation in the global PV industry by setting new cell efficiency records for N- and P-type TOPcon and HJT. The company announced in April its record of 25.09% for N-Type TOPCon solar cell efficiency and, one month later, testing at the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) in Hamelin, Germany, has confirmed that the conversion efficiency of N-type monocrystalline bifacial TOPCon solar cells developed at LONGi’s Cell R&D Center has now reached 25.21%.

KSTAR has announced the establishment of a service centre in the city of Caxias do Sul, from where it will provide comprehensive after-sales support to its customers in Brazil.

GoodWe has formally launched phase two of the construction of its new manufacturing base in Guangde. The company’s CEO & founder, Daniel Huang, together with board members and shareholders, laid the foundation stone to mark the beginning of the project.

Maxwell Technologies has achieved a record for the mass production efficiency of a heterojunction solar cell of 25.05%, certified by ISFH.

PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), the leading independent PV test laboratory, has released its latest annual global PV module test results in its 2021 PV Module Reliability Scorecard Report. Trina Solar was recognised as a “Top Performer” for outstanding product reliability and performance among global PV module manufacturers for the seventh consecutive year.

Antaisolar has celebrated its 15th anniversary by announcing a 2GW solar racking agreement with One Stop Warehouse (OSW), the largest distributor in Australia, and a strategic cooperation with the Paramount Group in Bangladesh.

PVEL, the leading independent solar bankability testing lab, has released its 2021 PV Module Reliability Scorecard, awarding DMEGC Solar “Top Performer Status” for the quality, high performance and reliability of its products.

Sungrow has announced its implementation of the IEC 62443-4-1 industry security standard, certified by the international organization DEKRA, becoming the first company in the renewable energy industry to possess CB certification of this standard.

JinkoSolar has announced that it has been recognised as top PV module brand in the Vietnamese Market for 2020, according to voting jointly organized by the National Steering Committee for Electricity Development of Vietnam, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) and Vietnam Energy Magazine.