Many distributors have recently told that the prices of solar modules, inverters, and trackers have risen to various degrees due to limited supply.
The supply of polysilicon will continue to be in tight balance in the latter half of this year. As the demand rose, upstream manufacturers lacks the momentum … Read More
The Partnership for Action on the Green Economy (PAGE) has been launched in Morocco. The aim of this initiative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is to promote the transition to a green economy in its partner countries.
The Partnership for Action on the Green Economy (PAGE) is … Read More
Power production from renewables surpassed generation from fossil fuels for the first time in the European Union in 2020, and largely avoided the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures to curb it, according to EU statistics office Eurostat.
Citing preliminary data, Eurostat said Tuesday that sheltering in … Read More
Zhonghuan Semiconductor has reduced wafer prices for July.
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Wafer producer Zhonghuan Semiconductor will reduce all its prices in July. The price for its G12 (210mm) wafers will fall RMB0.69 (US$0.107) to RMB7.53 per piece (US$1.166). The M6 (166mm) and G1 (158.75mm) products will be sold … Read More
According to Everbright Securities Research Institute, the price of silicon decreased for the first time this year to US $27.63/kg, 6.1% lower than the previous month. On June 24, PV InfoLink also released price updates, saying that the price of silicon for mono overseas has fallen by 4.2%.
Recently, some … Read More
With polysilicon in short supply, the two solar panel makers want to help bring new production capacity online.
Image: Daqo New Energy
Solar manufacturers Jinko Energy and JA Solar Technology are each set to acquire a stake in the Xinte Energy unit which is planning to have a 100,000-ton-annual-capacity polysilicon … Read More
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Wafer maker Gaojing Solar Energy has begun manufacturing activities at its 50 GW factory in Qinghai province. Currently, the company has put into operation around 15 GW of wafer capacity at the facility. Another 15 GW of capacity should be operational by November. It expects to reach full … Read More
Chinese solar panel makers JinkoSolar, Longi and JA Solar have released a white paper intended to show what they believe are the advantages for developers of large scale PV projects of using photovoltaic modules manufactured with M10, 182mm wafers.
“The 182mm-wafer-size module is the most cost–effective solution based on the … Read More
The solar arrays on the space station are due for an upgrade.
The International Space Station originally planned to install new solar panels for the first time on the 16th, but “technical delays” during a spacewalk left the astronauts without enough time to install a new set of solar arrays.… Read More
Wind farm in Italy. Author: Raffaele Esposito. License: Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic
Italian energy company Edison (BIT:EDNR) today laid out an ambition to accelerate growth in renewables, aiming to increase its wind and photovoltaic (PV) power capacity from the current 1.1 GW to 4 GW by 2030.
The company, … Read More