Shenzhen S.C starts perovskite pilot line operations
Solar equipment maker Shenzhen S.C has announced that the perovskite pilot line at its Changzhou base has begun operations, following a complete debugging of all the equipment. The company says the 300 x 300 mm perovskite cells produced at this pilot deliver over 18% efficiency, while the 210 mm perovskite/silicon tandem cells deliver over 26% efficiency. Spread over 1,000 sq. m., the line is said to feature over 20 kinds of equipment all independently designed and manufactured by the company. These include ‘coating machines for TCO glass and silicon substrates, multi-component co-evaporation machines, laser scribing equipment, PVD, RPD, ALD, and other core processing tools,’ covering all production steps for both kinds of cells produced at the pilot line.
Last week, in contrast to the general trend, Shenzhen S.C reported revenues and net profits that were both up year-over-year (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
CECEP Solar’s reports H1 2024 financial results
Solar power plant developer and solar module manufacturer CECEP Solar has released its H1 2024 financial results, reporting that its revenues were down 19.57% year-on-year (YoY) to RMB 3.24 billion ($454.52 million). The company’s net profit of RMB 814.33 million ($114.27 million) was down 9.37%. During the 6-month period, CECEP’s solar power plant business generated sales revenues of RMB 2.18 billion ($3.05 million), down 3.62% YoY. Accounting for 32.7% of the total revenues, the company’s solar product sales revenues of RMB 1.06 billion ($1.49 million) were down 40.06% YoY.
On the operations front, CECEP Solar produced 1.32 GW of solar cells in the first half of the year, primarily for internal use, while its module output was 1.26 GW with sales of 1.23 GW. The company said that it had a total solar product capacity of 5 GW as of the end of June 2024, including 1.5 GW of solar cells and 3.5 GW of modules. The company also reported that it has 11.582 GW of power plants in operating, under-construction, planned, and pre-acquisition agreement stages, with a cumulative 17 GW of self-built and acquisition projects.
Earlier this month, CECEP Solar Energy Technology shared its plans to invest in a 500 MW solar photovoltaic and desertification control plant (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
LONGi and TCL TZE announce wafer price increases
Solar wafer manufacturers LONGi and TCL TZE have both announced price increases for their products. Starting August 29, LONGi will raise the price of its n-type G10L wafers from RMB 1.06-1.08 ($0.1486 - $0.1514) per piece to RMB 1.15 ($0.1612) per piece, and n-type G12R wafers from RMB 1.20-1.23 ($0.1682 - $0.1724) per piece to RMB 1.30 ($0.1822) per piece. Similarly, TCL TZE has raised its wafer prices, with the latest prices set at RMB 1.15 ($0.1612) per piece for n-type G10 wafers, RMB 1.30 ($0.1822) per piece for n-type G12R wafers, and RMB 1.50 ($0.2102) per piece for n-type G12N wafers. LONGi stated that aims to support sustainable market development and achieve a balance in supply and demand dynamics.
Solar wafers last saw a price uptick in Calendar Week 34 of 2023, saw steady declines until CW22 of 2024 and have been more or less steady since then (see TaiyangNews PV Price Index – 2024 - CW34). For more insights into PV price movements, follow the TaiyangNews PV Price Index published every week on our website.
JinkoSolar to provide 60 MWh SunTera liquid-cooled ESS for Qinghai project
Leading solar module and energy storage system (ESS) supplier JinkoSolar has announced that it will supply 60 MWh of SunTera G2 liquid-cooled ESS for an energy storage plant in Gonghe County, Qinghai Province. Used for applications such as grid-scale energy conversion, the company says the SunTera G2 ESS uses an intelligent liquid cooling system to regulate temperature. It says that the system’s non-uniform and refined flow channel design helps maintain its operating temperature difference within 2.5ºC. Jinko says that this design aids to improve heat dissipation, helping the system to handle higher heat loads while maintaining low operating temperatures.
Earlier this month, JinkoSolar announced that it will supply 12 SunTera G2 units, totaling 60 MWh, to Yangzhou Tairun (see China Solar PV News Snippets).