On Day 2 of the TaiyangNews Solar Technology Conference India (STC.I) 2026, TaiyangNews Technology Head Shravan Kumar Chunduri will be moderating an in-depth discussion on Solar Cell Research Status & Outlook – from TOPCon to Perovskites. The session will bridge fundamental research and industrial relevance, offering strategic insight into how today’s dominant architectures are evolving – and what the next wave of innovation could mean for the industry.
The panel brings together globally respected voices from premier research institutions and academia: Radovan Kopecek, Co-founder & Director, ISC Konstanz; Jochen Rentsch, Head of Technology, Fraunhofer ISE; Vamsi Komarala, Renewable Energy Chair Professor, IIT Delhi; Jai Prakash, Deputy Director General, NISE; Dinesh Kabra, Professor, IIT Bombay; and Selvaraj Venkataraj, Senior Scientist, SERIS.
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The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) released its 2025 Annual Bulletin on China's Wind and Solar Energy Resources, characterizing 2025 as a year with ‘below average’ solar resources.
The national average annual horizontal irradiance on land was 1,495.7 kWh/m², which is 25.1 kWh/m² lower than the 30-year average, 21.2 kWh/m² lower than the 10-year average, and 16.1 kWh/m² lower than in 2024.
In 2025, the national average optimal annual inclined total irradiance for fixed-tilt PV power stations was 1,742.2 kWh/m², with first-year utilization hours averaging 1,393.8 hours. The distribution trend mirrored the general resource pattern, with higher values in western and dry plateau regions.
The National Energy Administration (NEA) announced that 6,233 new renewable energy power generation projects (excluding residential PV) were registered in December 2025. Solar PV projects made up the lion’s share of this total, or 6,190, while wind power projects and biomass projects accounted for 36 and 7, respectively. Among the solar projects, 48 were centralized PV power stations with a combined capacity of 6.38 GW, while the remaining 6,142 were commercial & industrial (C&I) distributed PV projects.
According to NEA requirements, project owners must complete the registration filing within one month of the renewable energy project being connected to the grid.
The first batch of the PV project at the Xiaojinchuan River Basin PV Base in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, invested in and built by Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA), has been connected to the grid. It is recognized as China's first integrated hydro-solar-pumped storage project featuring real-time coordinated control, with installed PV capacity of 160 MW and a 16 MW / 32 MWh grid-forming energy storage system. Yingli Solar is supplying the PV modules for the project.
The project is expected to generate 280 million kWh annually upon completion through coordinated multi-energy dispatching.
In December, POWERCHINA initiated public tendering for its 2026 centralized framework procurement of PV modules and inverters for 31 GW capacity each (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
As part of its recently released FY2025 financial results forecast, PV equipment manufacturer JSG expects an adjusted net profit of RMB 658.41 million to RMB 974.87 million for the year. This represents a year-over-year (YoY) decline of 60.35% to 73.22%. The company stated that demand for its PV equipment slowed during the reporting period due to cyclical fluctuations in the PV industry and a decline in prices for materials such as quartz crucibles and diamond wires. These factors contributed to a decrease in gross profit for the PV business compared with the previous year, which is now expected to range from RMB 2.2 billion to RMB 2.6 billion.
The Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX) recently issued disciplinary decisions against 7 enterprises. This is reportedly China's first targeted enforcement action against position-splitting violations in polysilicon futures. GFEX regulations stipulate that the daily opening volume for a single account on polysilicon futures (Contract Code: PS2512) must not exceed 2,000 lots, and accounts with actual control relationships are managed as a single entity with combined holdings. However, 7 companies, including Shanghai Jiusi Asset Management Co., Ltd. and Anhui Shuotong International Trade Co., Ltd., were found to have evaded these limits by opening multiple independent accounts to split their positions. The exchange penalized the violators by confiscating their illicit gains and suspending them from opening new positions for 6 months.