During Shanghai Climate Week, supported by the United Nations and the Chinese government, LONGi’s Jiaxing manufacturing base was recognized as the world’s first Lighthouse Factory + Zero-Carbon Factory in the solar PV industry. It has also received the 2025 Manufacturing Lighthouse Model Award under the Climate Lighthouse initiative of Shanghai Climate Week.
LONGi’s Jiaxing base integrates cutting-edge technologies including automation, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), digitalization, big data analytics, and 5G communications, making it the first PV facility certified as a “Lighthouse Factory” by the World Economic Forum (WEF). In addition, through rooftop PV installations, green power certificate purchases, and carbon credit mechanisms, the base has also achieved carbon neutrality certified under the ISO 14068 standard, becoming the first dual-benchmark zero-carbon production facility in the global PV sector.
LONGi recently signed 3 supply deals for centralized solar PV projects in China (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Chinese perovskite manufacturer Sunshine has completed construction of a MW-scale pilot line for large-area perovskite solar module production. According to local government sources, the project is located in Shushan Economic Development Zone, Hefei, Anhui Province, and is part of Anhui’s key R&D initiative.
The government of Shushan Economic Development Zone states Sunshine has achieved a certified perovskite cell efficiency of 25.05% and developed a 900 cm² perovskite module using its proprietary vapor-assisted printing technology. The company has secured tens of millions of RMB in seed funding to support process validation and intelligent equipment upgrades. The first batch of commercial modules is expected to roll off the line in 2025.
Global solar and energy storage manufacturer Canadian Solar has announced that its PV testing center has been accredited by DEKRA, an international inspection and certification organization, as the ‘world’s first’ PANFile witness laboratory. With this accreditation, Canadian Solar can independently conduct key performance testing of PV products under DEKRA’s supervision, in accordance with international standards. The resulting data can be directly used for global market access certification.
The company stated that its testing center is capable of conducting standardized tests for solar cells, modules, encapsulant films, backsheets, connectors, and junction boxes, including IEC 61215 (design qualification), IEC 61730 (safety), and IEC 61853 (performance evaluation).
Recently, Canadian Solar's PV Testing Center was also awarded Witness Laboratory Certificate by TÜV SÜD (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Solar automation equipment manufacturer Autowell has released its 2024 annual report and Q1 2025 financial results.
In 2024, the company achieved revenues of RMB 9.20 billion ($1.26 billion), up 45.94% year-on-year (YoY). The company’s net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 1.27 billion ($174.4 million) was largely flat compared to the previous year.
Key solar equipment sales in 2024 included: 1,975 multi-busbar stringers, up 13% YoY; 494 wafer sorters, up 35% YoY; 1,517 monocrystalline furnaces, up 143% YoY; and 236 light-injection annealing furnaces, up 184% YoY.
For Q1 2025, the company reported revenues of RMB 1.53 billion ($210.8 million), down 21.90% YoY. Its net profit of RMB 141.24 million ($19.3 million) was down 57.56% YoY.
Solar power plant developer and module manufacturer CECEP Solar released its 2024 annual report. The company posted revenues of RMB 6.04 billion ($827.3 million) for the year, down 36.7% YoY. Its net profit attributable to shareholders declined 22.38% YoY to RMB 1.23 ($167.8 million).
PV power station segment revenues for FY2024 accounted for 71.75% of total revenue, totaling RMB 4.33 billion ($593.6 million), a 4.73% decrease YoY. Revenues from solar product sales totaled RMB 1.682 billion ($230.3 million), making up 27.85% of total revenue, down 66.18% YoY.
Solar cell sales in 2024 were 64.08 MW, a steep decline of 85.85% YoY, while module sales were 2.14 GW, down 46.13% YoY. As of the end of 2024, CECEP had 1.5 GW of annual cell capacity and 3.5 GW of module capacity. The company plans to add 3 GW of new cell and 2 GW of new module manufacturing capacity.
By the end of 2024, CECEP operated 6.08 GW of solar power plants, along with 5.44 GW of projects under construction, planned, or under signed pre-acquisition agreements. In addition, the company had secured around 17 GW of self-developed or acquisition-ready PV projects in its pipeline.