Industry Updates

The Al Ghazala Energy Company, Jinko Power Technology’s subsidiary in Saudi Arabia, has announced the financial closure and start of construction of a 300MW PV project in the Kingdom.

Gamesa Electric has reported a record year for its solar and storage inverter business in 2022, almost tripling 2021’s contracted capacity.

SolarSpace Technology has officially announced the  completion of a new high-efficiency TOPCon cell facility in Chuzhou, China, with an annual production capacity of 16GW.

Tongwei has announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with SOLTEC, one of Poland’s leading providers of household photovoltaic solutions, for the supply of 150MW of large size high-efficiency modules, with the two parties planning future collaboration on the development of the Polish and Eastern European markets.

SOFAR has launched a new brand identity via a combination of physical (Shenzhen and Frankfurt) and online live-streamed events, underlining the company’s commitment to innovation and its role in powering a net-zero future.

Suntech has announced completion of delivery of  680MW of modules for China Machinery Engineering Corporation’s Al Dhafra PV2 solar power plant in the United Arab Emirates, further advancing construction of the world's largest single-site solar project.

DAS Solar has announced the official establishment of a German subsidiary, which will become the centre of its European operations and form an important part of its global expansion strategy.

JinkoSolar has announced the launch of the second generation of its Tiger Neo modules, already one of the industry’s most efficient and powerful products.  The upgraded Tiger Neo family now includes modules of up to 445Wp (54-cell), 615Wp (72-cell) and 635Wp (78-cell), with respective efficiencies of up to 22.27%, 23.23% and 22.72%.

November saw the official launch by LONGi of its Hi-MO 6 module, the first to feature high-efficiency HPBC cell technology and be designed exclusively for the worldwide distributed customer market.

Astronergy has announced that 355MW of its ASTRO N n-type TOPCon modules are to be installed at the Walla Walla Solar Farm in New South Wales’ Riverina region.