Industry Updates

Trina Solar has announced that its 210×210mm i-TOPCon cell has achieved a maximum efficiency of 25.5%, setting a world record for the 23rd time, with the figure certified by China’s National Institute of Metrology.

Sunport Power has announced that its MWT S-Flex  module was chosen to power a recently installed rooftop distributed project in Beijing with a combined capacity of 3.56MW.

Growatt has announced the availability in Europe of its future-proof battery-ready PV inverter, the MOD 3-10KTL3-XH series, to cater for the continent’s rapidly growing demand for storage systems.

C&D Clean Energy has announced a partnership with the Australian based Integra Solar for panel supply chain services, under which it will provide 100MW of LONGi modules for the Pakistani market.

JinkoSolar has announced that it has now delivered 100GW of solar modules globally, becoming the first company to achieve this milestone. As of today, approximately one out of every ten modules installed in the world has been produced by JinkoSolar.

LONGi has announced a new efficiency breakthrough for its Gallium-doped p-type HJT silicon solar cell. The new world record conversion efficiency of 25.47% for large-size p-type cells was achieved using a mass production process on full-size (M6, 274.3cm²) monocrystalline silicon wafers, the result, validated in testing carried out at the Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hamelin (ISFH), further demonstrating the feasibility of low-cost HJT mass production technology.

Sungrow has announced that it is to partner with Statera Energy, an independent power producer and market leader in the provision of flexibility to the UK grid, on a 362 MW/391 MWh energy storage project. The first phase of the project was grid-connected in Q1 2022, with the remaining elements to also be brought online during this year.

JinkoSolar has announced it will supply 100MW of its n-type Tiger Neo solar modules for a Guangdong Energy Group project located in Huizhou, southern China.

GoodWe has officially announced its inclusion in the FTSE Global Equity Index Series, with its results coming into effect after stock market closure on March 18.

Gamesa Electric has announced the signing of an agreement with Australia’s APA to supply its PV 3X series inverters to the Mica Creek solar project that the customer is developing in Queensland.