Industry Updates

According to JMK Research’s latest annual India Solar Report Card, LONGi has emerged as the sub continent’s leading supplier of solar modules in 2020, with a 15.6% share of total shipments of some 9478 MW.

Sungrow has announced that, following agreement and recent issuing of an NTP (“Notice To Proceed” or “Service Order”) with Focus Energia, an integrated energy business platform, the company will supply inverters and MV stations for the implementation of the first phase of the Futura Project, an 852 MWp solar park that will soon be one of the largest in operation in Latin America.

The internationally authoritative third-party organization DNV GL carried out the third round of assessment of the BOS costs and LCOE of Trina Solar’s 210mm Vertex module in February. The assessment took place in Aomori prefecture, Japan, with BOS costs and LCOE compared between two sets of 210mm Vertex and 182mm modules, both with landscape-fixed tilts. According to the resulting report, Trina’s Vertex 210mm 545W mono-facial module can cut BOS costs by up to 6.3% and LCOE by 5.8% compared with the 182mm 535W mono-facial module used in the assessment. The Vertex 600W mono-facial module was also shown to perform as well in reducing BOS and LCOE (5.6%) as a 182mm 585W module used in the comparison exercise.

Guangzhou Development New Energy Co., Ltd. recently began the bidding process for procurement of PV modules for 2021 and 2022. The procurement process is divided into two bidding sections with a total procurement scale of 1.08GW. The power threshold for the PV modules in the two bidding sections is set in advance, with module current not to exceed 15A, illustrating that system safety and high power are equally important. Limiting the current level of modules can effectively improve a project’s economic efficiency, also providing a strong guarantee of system safety and compatibility.

JinkoSolar has announced that, according to the 2020/21 ‘Global PV Installer Monitor’, the company has both maintained its leading position as the most well-known PV module brand in the Australian market in 2020 and achieved the status of most purchased brand among those Australian installers surveyed.

KSTAR and CATL have announced the completion of two new energy storage factories in Fujian, China with an annual production capacity of 1GW. The two companies have established a joint venture named CATL-KSTAR Science & Technology Co.,Ltd, to support the design of high quality storage products to meet the needs of international customers. The

Trina Solar has made a significant contribution to the second-largest solar energy project in Colombia – 2,250 sets of trackers and 200,000 modules.

LONGi’s Hi-MO 5 series module has received a “Simplified Carbon Assessment” certification from Certisolis. Complying with French carbon footprint standards, the company’s entry into the French solar market is now already well underway.

Sungrow has announced it has secured 500 MW in strategic agreements during PV Expo 2021 to supply PV inverter solutions in Japan. The company also debuted at the event a future-proof PV and energy storage product line-up optimized for various Japanese market segments, further assisting in the transition to a low carbon economy and progress towards reaching Japan's 2050 carbon neutrality target.

Sungrow has announced the launch of the company’s latest commercial string inverter (SG75CX) for Brazilian micro-generation power plants, showcasing its continued commitment to comply with regional power demands and to decarbonize the local economy.