Industry Updates

Sharp Energy Solutions Europe has announced the expansion of its PV business in Ethiopia, taking advantage of significant JCM subsidies for PV panels.

Following on from the company’s Leshan facility, JinkoSolar’s Chuxiong plant has now become its second 100% renewable electricity-powered factory, as part of its ongoing commitment to the Climate Group’s RE100 initiative. The electricity powering the Chuxiong cell factory comes from a variety of sources, including local hydro and offsite solar plants and planned on-site PV arrays installed on the facility’s rooftops.

Since Q3 2021, most specialized wafer manufacturers have been mainly focusing on production of large-size wafers, while downstream cell and module manufacturers have been moving forward with the upgrade of their production lines to accommodate the market trend towards large-size, ultra-high-power modules. While the large-size wafer is in line with current market developments, it also presents a greater challenge for existing equipment, especially thermal process equipment, in maintaining the capacity and uniformity of diffusion and coating despite the increase in size - one of the technical difficulties that equipment manufacturers need to overcome.

Advances in photovoltaic technology are closely related to improvements in module efficiency. As a result of intense market competition, module current has increased significantly over recent years. However, it should also be noted that module reliability has an impact on the operation of a power plant, meaning that reasonable parameters should be considered in terms of module design.

Hoymiles has announced that its latest module-level Rapid Shutdown (RSD) solution for roof-mounted string photovoltaic systems is now available in the United States, Thailand and the Greater China region.

TrinaTracker has announced that its factory has obtained EN 1090 and ISO 3834-2 certifications -  EU Standard for Structural Steel and Aluminium and Quality Requirements for Fusion Welding of Metallic Materials respectively. After a rigorous and meticulous third-party audit and review conducted by SGS, the certifications were secured at the end of April, with EN 1090 the key to opening the EU market for steel structures.

JinkoSolar has announced that it has been awarded a contract for 200MW of its flagship Tiger Neo modules by the China General Nuclear Power Group. The modules will be deployed at a CGN project in Inner Mongolia, aimed at leveraging solar PV to aid ecological recovery in the desert and Gobi regions.

Zonergy has officially announced its entry into the European market with the establishment of an office in Italy. Zonergy Europe will operate from Milan, from where it will offer European customers its extensive range of smart and efficient renewable energy solutions.

Zonergy is a widely respected integrated smart microgrid solution provider, dedicated to providing  its customers with the most advanced solutions and services. The company’s offerings are based on residential energy storage systems, incorporating inverters, lithium battery modules and BMS, and on solutions for the Commercial and Industrial segment.

After successful cooperation in Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic and Spain, BayWa r.e.'s wholesale division is now expanding its partnership with GoodWe to Germany, Austria and the Nordic countries, meaning that the company’s extensive product portfolio will now also be available through BayWa to installers in these countries.