SPONSORED: Chinese manufacturers are forced to expand their market share overseas as a result of the domestic cap on PV deployment. JA Solar reveals how it found success in Japan and how that provides a springboard for further gains in international markets.
When we visit conferences and industrial players, we are very often surprised at how many responsible scientists for PERC production have never heard about the severe degradation effects that PERC devices can show – in particular when talking about LeTID (Light and elevated Temperature Induced Degradation) alias Carrier Induced Degradation (CID).
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has lowered its full-year 2018 revenue guidance for a second time, citing a closer focus on profitability through PV power plant project selection and manufacturing cost and capacity expansion controls.
Canadian Solar has declared the US bifacial module market open for business as it claimed to make the first substantial delivery of the double-sided panels to a customer in Oregon.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Trina Solar is selling its Netherlands-based solar cell manufacturing plant through an online tender sale by Troostwijk Auctions.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has rejected the proposal by its founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Shawn Qu to take the company private and delist from NASDAQ.
Leading monocrystalline wafer producer and ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Green Energy Technology increased revenue by 35.26% in the first nine months of 2018, yet third quarter revenue and profits were significantly lower than the previous quarter, due to ASP declines across wafers and modules.
US-headquartered high-efficiency PV module producer SunPower Corp is expecting to sell further assets and increase its loans in 2019 to avert bankruptcy due to looming liquidity issues as the company expects to remain loss making next year, while current net losses in the first nine months of 2018 have reached US$745.3 million.
SPONSORED: Emerging module technologies offer greater opportunities for differentiation among suppliers, but reliability will always be the key metric for Chinese manufacturer Astronergy.
