A massive 22GW of grid-connected solar projects have been logged in China’s official register but there are question marks over how representative the data is of actual end-demand.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JA Solar said it reached a new milestone in monocrystalline PV product shipments in the middle of July, 2016.
Asia-based EVA encapsulant material producer HIUV New Materials said it successfully developed an encapsulant for N-type cell based PV modules that limits PID (Potential Induced Degradation).
Indian Oil Corporation and Oil India are planning to set up a 1GW solar energy plant in the state of Madhya Pradesh in order to power their oil refineries, according to a senior figure of the state’s renewable energy agency.
Some Green Energy Corridor projects aiming to expand the transmission network to South India are facing major delays, according to power and mines minister Piyush Goyal.
Indian state-owned mining, metal and power firm National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is tendering for the setting up of a 20MW solar PV project in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
India has sanctioned plans to implement 10 ‘Solar Zones’ each consisting of at least 10,000 hectares of land to encourage solar PV project developers, manufacturers and investors to help achieve the country’s massive 100GW by 2022 solar targets.
Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger has received a follow-on order from an existing customer based in China for its MAiA 2.1 PERC technology upgrade platform.
