JinkoSolar on the importance of investing capex into TOPCon, its Shanxi plant and module products
PV Tech spoke with Jinko’s Victor Wei and Wally Zang, Senior IR Director and Technical Service Centre General Manager respectively, about the company’s investment in TOPCon, its fully vertically integrated plant currently being built in China’s Shanxi province and how it is looking at module products for deployment in offshore solar projects subject to hail conditions.
Solaria receives approvals for 595MW PV site in Spain
Spanish photovoltaics developer Solaria has received construction authorisation to commence building its 595MW Garoña solar project in the province of Burgos, northern Spain.
CALSSA: California solar industry to face a downward trend in 2024
CALSSA executive director Bernadette Del Chiaro says a downward trend will be the best description of the California market this year without government intervention.
Trina Solar launches n-type i-TOPCon module for C&I rooftops
Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar has launched a new n-type industrial tunnel oxide passivated contacts (i-TOPCon) module designed for commercial and industrial rooftops.
‘Irreversible negative consequences’ on the horizon for EU solar manufacturing without emergency support, says ESMC
The statement came on the same day that European solar manufacturing stalwart Meyer Burger announced plans to abandon its module assembly plant in Germany because of the lack of support afforded to manufacturers in Europe.
US expands Western Solar Plan to five more states
The updated Western Solar Plan would streamline the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) framework for siting solar energy projects.
Meyer Burger to close module assembly plant in Germany due to lack of sufficient measures in Europe
PV manufacturer Meyer Burger has decided to close its module assembly plant in Germany and focus on its footprint in the US.
KORE Power launches ‘Made in USA’ DC Blocks for LFP and NMC battery chemistries
US-based lithium-ion battery and energy storage system (ESS) manufacturing startup KORE Power has launched two new DC Block products.
Sinovoltaics expands PV testing to US following IRA manufacturing boom and module price slump
Dutch-German solar testing firm Sinovoltaics will expand its operations in the US market as a result of the solar and battery energy storage manufacturing “boom” stimulated by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
RENA receives “several gigawatts” of orders for solar equipment from the US and India
RENA Technologies has received orders for what it described as “several gigawatts” of solar production capacity in 2023.