Industry Updates

July 6, 2021
By LONGi
As a product operating for 25 or even 30 years, generating electricity continuously is essential for a PV module to maximize value for customers. Therefore, the module should be designed in consideration of its ability to resist extreme climatic conditions throughout its full life cycle. To verify the ability of a module to resist external mechanical stress, LONGi and TÜV NORD jointly carried out a wind tunnel test to measure its ability under a dynamic load, with LONGi also carrying out a static load test on a large-size module (LONGi Hi-MO 5, 2.26×1.13m) and an oversized module (2.38×1.30m), to simulate bearing capability under an outdoor snow load. The test results showed that the rigidity of both the monofacial and bifacial Hi-MO 5 is better than that of the oversized module and can pass the thresher test at a wind speed of 60 m/s. The static load test showed that the deformation of both the monofacial and bifacial Hi-MO 5 module was less than 45 mm, and their anti-crack abilities were excellent.
July 5, 2021
By Jolywood
Jolywood held its fifth extraordinary shareholders meeting at the end of June. Several significant agenda items were passed, including the review and approval of the issuance of A-shares for specific objectives, the signature by wholly-owned subsidiaries of a loan agreement guaranteed by Jolywood, and the signing off of an investment agreement for a 16GW annual output high-efficiency monocrystalline cell smart factory project.
July 5, 2021
By Antaisolar
With a total installed capacity of 100MW, a solar power plant located in China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was connected to the grid at the end of June, 30MW of the capacity utilizing Antaisolar’s Helios D2 solar trackers.
July 2, 2021
By KSTAR
A new 250kW offshore smart energy storage project has been completed on an island in Thailand’s Andaman Sea. It involves 250kW of PV panels, a KSTAR GSE 250T bi-directional converter and 1MWh OPZV battery, working together with a wind turbine and diesel generator combination to provide clean and reliable electricity to the homes of 300 local fishermen.
July 1, 2021
By LONGi
The 58th edition of the ‘Solar cell efficiency tables’ has been released, including reference to the world records set by LONGi’s N-type TOPCon and HJT technology in early June.
June 30, 2021
By Kehua Tech
According to IHS Markit’s latest PV inverter market tracker report, Kehua ranked 9th among global suppliers in 2020.
June 29, 2021
By JinkoSolar
JinkoSolar has announced that it has entered into a partnership with one of Vietnam’s major module companies and signed the first batch of residential energy storage orders. For the Vietnamese market, the launch of JinkoSolar's residential storage system will act as a strong support in the development of a local power infrastructure and provision of more stable electricity to meet residential needs.
June 29, 2021
By Trina Solar
Trina Solar has successfully completed non-uniform snow-load testing at the CGC East China PV Testing Center with its new-generation Vertex 670W modules. Results demonstrated that the critical snow-load of the five modules tested exceeded 6,600 Pa, actually reaching 7,000 Pa, equivalent to the pressure generated by 2.8 meters of snow, much higher than conventional non-uniform snow-load norms. This represents proof of the excellent snow-load resistance of Vertex 670W, the strength convergence of the non-uniform snow-load testing reflecting the product’s consistently excellent quality.
June 29, 2021
By GoodWe
In recent testing of home storage PV systems carried out by the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) in Berlin, GoodWe’s hybrid inverters and high-voltage batteries were once again outstanding.
June 29, 2021
By Kehua Tech
"The current status of the energy storage industry is much the same as that of the photovoltaic industry ten years ago", is an opinion expressed by many professionals in energy storage. The reason why the PV industry is taken as a benchmark for the energy storage sector stems from the decline in costs and the speed of expansion over the past decade, which mirrors what is happening in the energy storage field. To achieve the goal of carbon neutrality, energy storage and new energy will need to serve as a combined solution to environmental and economic challenges and there is still some way to go in this regard.

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