TaiyangNews has exclusive talks with LONGi and Huasun leadership; Construction begins for Zhengqi Holdings facility; Trina to build 25 GW crystal rods facility; JA Solar Xingtai facility put into operation; PDT receives purchase & prototype orders for 40 wet process equipment.
TaiyangNews brings exclusive interviews with LONGi & Huasun leaders: Watch exclusive interviews with LONGi Founder & President Zhenguo Li and Huasun's Chief Executive Officer Dan Zhou. As part of TaiyangNews and SNEC-Solar Leadership Conversations at SNEC Dialogue & Conference & Exhibition 2023 event in China's Shanghai, Managing Director of TaiyangNews, Michael Schmela, had the opportunity to talk to several leaders from the solar industry. TaiyangNews is now publishing the videos on a daily basis. To listen to the interesting views of the leaders, please click on this link.
Zhengqi Holdings 20 GW facility in Anhui begins construction: Investment holding group Zhengqi Holdings said via WeChat that the construction of its 20 GW high-efficiency n-type solar cell facility in Ma'anshan City, Anhui, has begun. The facility will be built in three phases and the first phase will be that of 5 GW. The investment for the first phase will be about RMB 2.5 billion and is expected to be completed and put into operation within this year. It was in March that Zhengqi Holdings announced details about this facility (see China Solar PV News Snippets)
Trina to invest in 25 GW monocrystalline rod production facility: Chinese solar module manufacturer Trina Solar announced that it plans to build a 25 GW single crystal rods and supporting facility in Shifang Economic Development Zone, Sichuan. The total investment for this facility will be about RMB 10.7 billion ($1.51 billion) and the construction period is expected to be about 12 months, which will be determined according to the agreement arrangement and the actual situation.
JA Solar 10 GW module facility put into operation: Through a WeChat communication, solar PV panel manufacturer said that its 10 GW solar cell module facility in Xingtai has been put into operation. The construction began in September 2022 and within a period of 190 days, produced its first module. Now, JA Solar's module production capacity in the Xingtai Economic Development Zone has touched 12.5 GW, and the total annual output value of the photovoltaic industry chain is expected to exceed RMB 26 billion ($3.6 billion).
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In the upcoming TaiyangNews Global PV System Technology Trends H1/2023 Virtual Conference, which will take place on 27-28 June 2023, both Trina Solar and JA Solar will be participating. For free registration to the Conference, please click here.
PDT receives purchase & prototype orders for 40 wet processing tools: Manufacturer of productivity-driven equipment applied in semiconductor and solar power businesses, Productive Technologies Company Limited (PDT), announced that it has received purchase orders and prototype orders for 40 sets of wet processing equipment for solar cell manufacturing. This has come from different customers, and about 23 of them are based on double-layer chain cleaning equipment platform (NIAK4), their latest product development platform. NIAK4 is upgraded based on the RENA modular chain cleaning equipment platform NIAK and is compatible with conventional pickling process, as well as various processes such as low-temperature acid etching process and high-temperature alkali polishing process based on the authorized patented single-side floating process. The revenue from these purchases is yet to be disclosed. In Aug. 2022, Germany based manufacturer of wet chemical surface treatment equipment maker RENA Technologies sold its Chinese solar business to PDT, which now develops and manufactures the RENA developed solar wet chemical equipment for Chinese companies exclusively, while RENA will continue to serve the global solar market outside of China with its solar wet benches (see RENA Technologies Offloads Chinese Solar Business).