Study: US Coal Can’t Compete On Cost With Renewable Energy
Energy Innovation Claims US Can Save ‘Significant’ Money By Switching To Renewable Energy Instead Of Continuing To Operate Coal Fired Capacity
US based climate think tank Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC (EI) believes the US can save ‘significant’ amounts of money by switching to renewables instead of continuing to run its coal fleet.
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China PV News Snippets
TH New Energy’s Cell Facility Awarded Carbon Footprint Certification & More From JinkoSolar, RoboTechnik, Beijing Jingneng, DAS Solar
TH New Energy facility passes carbon footprint verification; In 2022, JinkoSolar delivers 44 GW n-Type TOPCon modules; RoboTechnik and SPIC for HJT cells; Beijing Jingneng invests in Puning PV clean energy project; DAS Solar delivers n-type modules to China Datang project.
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Poland’s ‘1st’ Large Scale Solar & Wind Hybrid Power Plant
N-Type Solar Panels For Poland’s Maiden Utility Scale Hybrid Renewable Energy Plant, Planned To Be One Among ‘Largest’ RE Parks In Central & Eastern Europe
Touted as the 1st large scale power plant combining solar and wind energy in Poland, a 200 MW project of Lewandpol Group to be equipped with n-type solar panels, has raised up to PLN 90 million ($21 million) subordinated loan from a fund managed by t.
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400 MW Solar Power Plant Planned For Montenegro
Global Renewable Energy Company CWP Global Expands Further Into Europe With Plans To Build Montenegro’s Largest PV Power Plant
Europe and Australia focused renewable energy company CWP Global is expanding its reach in Europe with a 400 MW solar power plant in Montenegro called the Montechevo PV project, the company announced.
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DTEK Seeks Decentralized Energy Sources For Ukraine
Viewing Decentralized Energy Sources As ‘Harder To Target’ In Its War Against Russian Aggression, Ukraine’s DTEK Wants To Restart Solar & Wind Farms Construction
As it continues to fight Russian aggression on its soil, Ukraine’s largest private energy investor DTEK says it is in discussions with renewables developers to restart construction of various solar and wind power plants in the country since decentr.
South Korea’s Non-Hydro RE To Account For 46 GW In 2032
Fitch Solutions Forecasts South Korea’s Installed Solar PV Capacity To Grow By 12 GW By 2032, Leading Non-Hydro Power Renewables’ Growth
Come 2032, South Korea is likely to report about 46 GW cumulatively installed non-hydro renewable energy capacity, growing from an estimated 25 GW at the end of 2022, led by solar PV installations that Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry Research expects to add about 12 GW between 2023 and 2032.
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2022 Gets Tesla ‘Highest’ Annual PV Deployment, Since 2017
With Annual Solar Deployments In Q4/2022 Growing 18% At 100 MW, Tesla Exited 2022 With 348 MW New Capacity ‘Despite Supply Chain Challenges’
Tesla calls Q4/2022 as one of the company’s strongest quarters in recent years when it deployed 100 MW capacity, 18% higher annually, to exit 2022 with a total of 348 MW PV installed which now becomes the year with ‘highest’ deployment since 2017 when it reported 523 MW.
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Canadian Solar Updates Production Capacity Expansion Plans
Canadian Solar To Expand Vertically Integrated Production Capacity By 2023-End; To Report 50 GW Cells & 50 GW Solar Modules
Anticipating growing demand and to prepare for a tight supply scenario, Canadian Solar has presented an upward revision of its manufacturing targets for 2023-end, now aiming to expand the same cumulatively to 20 GW ingot, 35 GW wafer and 50 GW for so.
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Solar Fabs Attracted $23.9 Billion Investment In 2022
Renewables Led Global Energy Transition Investment Of $1.1 Trillion With 13% Annual Increase In 2022; BloombergNEF Says Not Enough
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BloombergNEF) believes with $1.1 trillion investment in low-carbon energy transition in 2022, including $23.9 billion for solar manufacturing factories, these technologies seem to have reached parity with capital deploye.
Glueing HJT Cells Into Solar Modules
Mondragon Promotes For Solar Module Manufacturers An ECA-based Stringer For HJT Solar Cell Interconnection And A Multi Stack Laminator
In our recent TaiyangNews Solar Products Overview 9M/2022, we have reported about Mondragon’s new ECA-based stringer for HJT cell interconnection called MTS-ECA.
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BIPV Modules In Cool Colors
SKALA Is The Name Of An Architectura Thin-film PV Module For Solar Façades And BIPV Applications From Avancis
Avancis, a Germany based CIGS solar module manufacturer for building integrated PV (BIPV), presented during last Intersolar its architectural module for solar façades and BIPV applications, known as SKALA.
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Dirt-Repellent Coating For Solar Panels From Fraunhofer FEP
Fraunhofer FEP Discovers Roll-To-Roll Coating Process That Prevents Dirt Deposits On Solar Modules Under European Union Backed NewSkin Project
Using roll-to-roll process to apply crystalline titanium oxide to ultra-thin glass, Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics (FEP) has announced achieving hydrophobic surfaces that can repel dirt deposits on glass facades or solar panels as a pil.
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High Efficiency Cell Production Equipment From China And Korea
While LAPLACE Is Promoting Latest TOPCOn Equipment, Jusung Is Offering HJT Processing Tools
LAPLACE has recently released TOPCon core equipment and solutions as the global photovoltaic sector is experiencing increasing activity with n-type technology developments. LAPLACE, an experienced provider of production equipment and process solu.
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TUV Rheinland’s New Laboratory Center Opens In China
German Testing & Certification Firm TUV Rheinland Opens Laboratory Center In China’s Jiangsu With Dedicated Solar PV Module Lab
Germany based global chain of testing and certification firm TUV Rheinland is building the ‘largest laboratory site’ in China’s Jiangsu province to be spread in 37,000 sq mtr space that includes a solar PV module testing laboratory spread on ov.
Seasons Greetings from TaiyangNews
The TaiyangNews – All About Solar Team Wishes You A Sunny And Peaceful 2023
Dear TaiyangNews Readers, As another record growth year is coming to an end for solar, the sector is still struggling from supply chain issues (now mostly inverters, batteries), high prices (though easing towards the end of the year), and increasing market protection measures in a de-globalizing world that is, moreover, facing rising geostrategic tensions and a fossil-fuel based energy crisis as a consequence of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
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N-type Is The Way To Go & TOPCon Is The Choice For Now
TOPCon Still Dealing With Several Obstacles To Growth, Say Astronergy Executives in Q&A, But See Its Costs Becoming Comparable To PERC By 2022-End
TOPCon has become a buzzword in the PV community. Several companies have been announcing gigantic plans with the technology and few have made their first move with Astronergy being one among them.
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Costs and Power Performance Speak For TOPCon
Both TOPCon & HJT Are Meritorious, But Maturity Of Industry Chain, Efficiency & Cost Optimization Decide Which Technology Will Be Eventually Adopted, Says JA Solar’s Tang Kun
TaiyangNews: JA Solar has now announced big plans for TOPCon. On the other hand, you are also among the companies that started pilot projects with HJT.
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HJT Entering High Volume Production
New Innovative Tools Support Large HJT Modules As The High Efficiency Technology Is Starting Mass Production Phase
As a technology, HJT has made remarkable progress, not referring to its infinite past, but just in the last 1.5 years. The latest reference point is our previous report on the topic that was published end of 2020.
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The Status Quo of HJT Processing
Huasun CTO Wenjing Wang About Latest HJT Developments And What’s In Store For The HJT Shooting Star From China
TaiyangNews: What was it that attracted Huasun to HJT? Wenjing Wang: The first driver is our technical background; both our operation and R&D teams have a solid background in HJT.
Reports & Market Survey
NTPC REL Seeking Contractors for 1 GW Solar PV Projects
NTPC Renewable Energy Limited Issues BOS Tender For 1 GW ISTS Connected Solar PV Capacity In India With 500 MW As Greenshoe Option
The renewable energy arm of India’s state-owned utility NTPC Ltd, NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd (NTPC REL) seeks to award a balance of system (BOS) system package with land for interstate transmission system (ISTS) connected solar PV projects with up to 1 GW capacity located across India, with an additional 500 MW available under greenshoe option.
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Global PV Tender Snippets
Solar PV Tender Snippets From Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur, Africa’s Eritrea
This is a weekly overview on solar tender information TaiyangNews has published as part of stories on its website over the course of the past week – this time from Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur, Africa’s Eritrea.
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Germany Launches 1.95 GW Solar PV Projects Tender
Bundesnetzagentur Seeking Bidders For 1.95 GW Utility Scale Solar PV Capacity With €0.0737/kWh Ceiling Tariff
Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur or the Federal Network Agency is seeking bidders for 1.95 GW utility scale solar PV capacity to be built on arable land and grassland in disadvantaged areas, capping the bids at €0.0737/kWh.
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30 MW Solar PV Power Plant Coming Up In Africa’s Eritrea
Eritrean Government Looking For Consultants To Advice On African Development Fund Backed 30 MW Dekemhare Solar PV Project
Located on the Red Sea Coast in northeast Africa, Eritrea is looking at installing An African Development Fund (ADF) backed 30 MW solar PV project in Dekemhare with a battery energy storage system (BESS) and is looking for a project supervision and management consultant for the same.
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Global PV Tender Snippets
Solar PV Tender Snippets From UAE’s EWEC, India’s RUVNL, Chile’s Codelco & Switzerland’s Pronovo
This is a weekly overview on solar tender information TaiyangNews has published as part of stories on its website over the course of the past week – this time from UAE’s EWEC, India’s RUVNL, Chile’s Codelco & Switzerland’s Pronovo .
Top Solar Modules Listing – Dec. 2022 / Jan. 2023
Monthly TaiyangNews Update on Commercially Available High Efficiency Solar Modules
Ending our first year and starting the 2023 cycle for our Top Solar Modules ranking, we feature 34 products in our December/January edition, 3 more than in the November listing.
New Chief Operations Officer For Array Technologies
Array Technologies Brings On Board Oil & Gas Senior Executive From Rotork, Neil Manning As Company’s New COO
Solar tracker solutions provider Array Technologies from the US has announced the appointment of a new Chief Operations Officer (COO), bringing on board Neil Manning to the position.
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ReneSola Senior Executives Join EU Backed New Solar Platform
ReneSola’s Ex-Europe CEO Josef Kastner & Ex-Director France & Spain Chloe Durieux To Spearhead Pan-European Solar Development Platform Of Marguerite
A pan European solar development platform with a mandate to install over 2 GW new solar PV capacity, recently launched by the European Union (EU) backed Marguerite fund, has appointed former senior executives with ReneSola, Josef Kastner and Chloe Durieux as its leadership team.
