module shipments

Solar module supplier Maxeon Solar Technologies’ has forecast to register positive adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2023.

Having shipped more than 44GW of PV modules last year, Chinese manufacturer JinkoSolar is expecting that figure to increase by 50% in 2023.

Finlay Colville, head of research at PV Tech, reveals the top 10 module suppliers of 2022 and discusses what to expect from each of them this year.

Polysilicon supplier Tongwei continues to expand its solar footprint, revealing plans this week to set up a 25GW module manufacturing base in the Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone, in China’s Jiangsu province.

Solar module export volumes from China between January and October 2022 were up 86% year-on-year amid strong demand in Europe.

US shipments of PV modules reached a new high last year amid continued demand for new solar capacity.

PV Tech picks apart the performance of the top six global PV module suppliers, examining their H1 financial and shipment results as well as their upcoming development plans.

Maxeon Solar Technologies exceeded both its volume and revenue guidance in Q2 2022 thanks to the strong performance of its distributed generation (DG) business in the EU and its utility-scale projects in the US.

Canadian Solar has raised its 2022 revenue guidance as it progresses with efforts to ramp up its PV manufacturing capacity following a hike in module shipments in the second quarter.

JinkoSolar is forecasting that more than 25% of its module shipments next year will be attributable to its n-type TOPCon module range.