Tongwei expects 2021 profit to more than double as manufacturer benefits from pricing trends

Upstream solar major Tongwei has forecasted for profits to more-than-double in its 2021 financial year on the back of increased material and cell prices experienced last year.

Chinese firm completes 550MWp solar project at tidal flat area

A 550MWp PV project constructed at a tidal flat area of Zhejiang province, China, has been connected to the local power grid, the company behind the plant has announced.

Xinyi Solar to enter polysilicon production with launch of new entity and Yunnan-based facility

Solar manufacturer Xinyi Solar is to diversify into polysilicon production, launching a joint venture to establish a production base in Yunnan, China, with an initial capacity of 60,000 metric tons (MT).

Trina Tracker launches Trina Smart Cloud that can ‘lower the LCOE’ for solar PV projects

Trina Tracker, a business unit of Trina Solar, has launched Trina Smart Cloud, a monitoring and control tracking solution that the company said leads to more intelligent operation and maintenance (O&M) of solar PV stations

China opens applications for next stage of multi-hundred-gigawatt desert renewables scheme

China’s National Energy Administration has kickstarted the second batch of large-scale wind and solar PV projects under the country’s multi-hundred-gigawatt desert renewables scheme.

JinkoSolar cuts 2021 shipments guidance by up to 5.7GW, plots major n-type expansion

JinkoSolar has slashed its shipments guidance for the year, reducing its top end guidance by more than 5GW as it blamed ongoing logistics issues and port blockages.

LONGi signs 1.1bn U.S. dollar solar wafer supply deal with DAS Solar

Solar manufacturing leader LONGi Solar has signed a two-year wafer supply deal with Chinese PV manufacturer DAS Solar which could be worth up to US$1.1 billion.

20,000 MT granular silicon capacity project of GCL in Xuzhou has been officially put into operation

According to the recent announcement of GCL, the Xuzhou newly added 20,000 MT capacity in Fluidized Bed Reactor (“FBR”) based granular silicon was completed by the end of October 2020. After rigorous equipment testing and related system debugging, it has been officially put into production on 10 November 2021. So far, its total capacity of granular silicon has achieved 10,000 MT with a total planned capacity of 500,000 MT. LONGi, Zhonghuan Solar, Wuxi Shangji Automation, JA Solar, and others all have ordered granular silicon, and purchasing processes are proceeding smoothly.

COP26: Draft climate text calls for accelerated climate finance, end to fossil fuel subsidies, greater emissions reductions

The UN’s climate agency (CMA) has called for an acceleration of climate finance, an end to fossil fuel subsidies and for governments to commit to greater emissions reduction by next year in its first draft of an agreement for COP26.

TBEA planning 400,000MT of polysilicon production in Inner Mongolia

Chinese energy firm TBEA is planning to invest RMB 6 billion (US$938 million) to set up a silicon production facility with an annual output of 400,000MT in China’s Inner Mongolia region.