Industry Updates

JinkoSolar has announced that it has won a bid and secured offers for the supply of 700-1000MW of its high efficiency Tiger Neo n-type modules to CNNP Rich Energy as part of a centralized purchasing tender.

Sungrow has announced that it has signed a contract with the Brazilian company Mercury Renew, part of the Comerc Energía Group, to supply its SG3125HV-30 central inverter for the construction of the Helio Valgas plant in the state of Minas Gerais, with a capacity of 650 MWp.

KSTAR has announced the establishment of a wholly-owned Vietnamese subsidiary in the country’s Haiphong City.

Seraphim Energy has announced the launch of its new S3 and S4 series lightweight dual-glass PV modules, in order to meet increasing demand for  distributed rooftop PV products.

Only days after setting a record of 25.47% for efficiency of its p-type HJT cells, LONGi has announced a new record of 25.40% for its indium-free HJT cells. This record, once again validated in testing carried out by the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) in Hamelin, Germany, was achieved on M6 (274.5cm2) full-size monocrystalline silicon wafers, confirming the basis for industrialisation of the low-cost technology route for HJT cells, following ongoing research by LONGi’s R&D team.

TrinaTracker has announced the delivery of a tracker system for a 30MW fishery-solar plant at Gao'an, in China’s Jiangxi Province. Developed and constructed by Sungrow, the integrated plant is built on a local reservoir and uses the most advanced 210mm bifacial modules, with TrinaTracker supplying  its Vanguard 2P trackers.

Seraphim Energy has announced the delivery of 72 MW of monofacial modules to Citicore Power, a community-focused renewable energy company based in the Philippines.

Trina Solar has announced that its 210×210mm i-TOPCon cell has achieved a maximum efficiency of 25.5%, setting a world record for the 23rd time, with the figure certified by China’s National Institute of Metrology.

Sunport Power has announced that its MWT S-Flex  module was chosen to power a recently installed rooftop distributed project in Beijing with a combined capacity of 3.56MW.

Growatt has announced the availability in Europe of its future-proof battery-ready PV inverter, the MOD 3-10KTL3-XH series, to cater for the continent’s rapidly growing demand for storage systems.