Our series of exclusive interviews from SNEC 2023 in Shanghai, the biggest trade show in solar PV anywhere in the world, continues.
In an interview with PV Tech director David Evans, QnSolar chairman Stephen Cai outlines where the market is heading, and the company’s plans for today and the future.
Unlock unlimited access for 12 whole months of distinctive global analysis
Photovoltaics International is now included.
- Regular insight and analysis of the industry’s biggest developments
- In-depth interviews with the industry’s leading figures
- Unlimited digital access to the PV Tech Power journal catalogue
- Unlimited digital access to the Photovoltaics International journal catalogue
- Access to more than 1,000 technical papers
- Discounts on Solar Media’s portfolio of events, in-person and virtual
Founded in 2013, and perhaps not yet a familiar name to the industry outside of China, QnSolar began as a developer focusing on the downstream market before adding its own manufacturing capabilities, as Stephen Cai explains. Within the next two years, QnSolar will reach 80GW annual cell production capacity and 30GW annual production of modules.
There was about a 50:50 split between P-type PERC and N-type TOPCon modules observed at SNEC this year, Cai says, but it seems possible demand for PERC will decrease in market share in the coming year or so.
