Canadian Solar trumpets new cell conversion efficiency breakthrough
Firm takes five months to break its own previous record of 22.28% for p-type multi-crystalline cell efficiency, with new 22.8% milestone certified by Germany’s ISFH.
Firm takes five months to break its own previous record of 22.28% for p-type multi-crystalline cell efficiency, with new 22.8% milestone certified by Germany’s ISFH.
UBS and Tetra Pak reach solar milestones in Southeast Asia as Argentina and Jordan switch on their own PV projects.
The new plants will contribute to Iberdrola's rapid expansion across the Iberian peninsula, after the firm secured 149MW of new Portuguese projects last month.
Shipment surge helps ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member report Q2 2019 revenue of around US$1.17bn, a new quarterly record.
Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has reiterated PV module shipments to be in 14-15GW range in 2019 but noted that its order book for 2020 was rapidly filling up, due to strong global demand.
India's largest solar panel manufacturer, Waaree Energies said it was closing in on achieving cumulative solar module shipments of 2.5GW as its recent capacity expansions took nameplate production to 1.5GW.
Order book for module based on 166mm wafers filling.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Canadian Solar plans to increase module assembly capacity to 12,220MW in 2019, an increase of 1,000MW on strong demand.
China-based polysilicon producer Daqo New Energy Corp has been impacted by weaker than expected financial results for the second quarter of 2019, due to the lack of demand in China and record low polysilicon prices.
Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger Technology is seeking a new business model with integrated PV module manufacturer, REC Group to establish revenue share from establishing multiple gigawatts of heterojunction (HJT) solar cell and module production in Singapore.
Back-contact module manufacturing equipment supplier Eurotron said its previous MWT (Metal Wrap Through) order from China-based PV module manufacturer, Sunport Power had been installed, qualified and begun volume production.
Perovskite solar cell developer, Oxford PV is to become a merchant heterojunction with perovskite top cell manufacturer with orders placed with Meyer Burger that will provide an initial 250MW of cell capacity that will enter production by the end of 2020.
Major China-based polysilicon producer, Xinte Energy has signalled a significant decline in expected profits for the first half of 2019, due to polysilicon ASPs declining 43% from the prior year period.
Major polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie remains steadfastly impacted by weak demand, notably in China that continues to record polysilicon price declines that are below manufacturing costs.
PV module and major backsheet manufacturer, Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Co, reported a strong rebound in revenue and profits in the second quarter of 2019, with first half year results tempered by a weak first quarter.
