The Quality and Sustainability Workshop on Day 1 of the TaiyangNews Solar Technology Conference India (STC.I) 2026 will provide a comprehensive overview of quality, reliability, and sustainability across solar cell and module manufacturing. The session will address critical aspects, including material durability, process-driven reliability risks, and real-world field performance expectations.
Bringing together experts from research, testing, manufacturing, and the off-take side, the workshop will examine practical strategies for maintaining consistent quality at scale while integrating new technologies.
The participants are: Debajyoti Sarangi, Consultant; Margaux Plurien, Project Officer at Solar Stewardship Initiative; Parth Bhatt, Senior Engineer, Solar Technology at DNV; Purushothama A., Senior Technical Manager at TUV Rheinland (India) Pvt., Ltd.; and Vijay Menon, Chief Operating Officer at Navitas Solar.
This physical event is scheduled for February 5-6, 2026, at Pride Plaza, Aerocity, New Delhi. Seats are limited. Secure your ticket here.
Solar cell equipment manufacturer Maxwell Technologies has announced that it has achieved a power conversion efficiency of 26.92% with its self-developed large-area (210 mm half-cut, 220.76 cm²) heterojunction (HJT) solar cell. This achievement was certified by the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH). The company states this achievement sets a new record in the HJT sector.
According to Maxwell, the cell was produced using its proprietary turnkey equipment and full-process manufacturing technology, based on industrial-grade silicon wafers and screen-printed electrodes. The cell integrates multiple core technologies of Maxwell, including microcrystalline structure and material optimization, carrier transport-passivation balance, differentiated texturing, and wafer edge optimization engineering. The company stated that associated equipment, materials, and process routes are all feasible for large-scale mass production.
Recently, Maxwell announced that its G12H (210 × 105 mm) perovskite/silicon HJT tandem solar cell achieved a NIM-certified efficiency of 32.38% (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Autowell’s Overseas Sales Director, Senthil Raj, will be sharing his insights on Module Manufacturing Equipment at TaiyangNews’ STC.I 2026.
TrinaPower, the distributed PV subsidiary of Trinasolar, partnered with CPIC Asset Management to issue a new energy infrastructure carbon-neutral green asset-backed special plan (focused on rural revitalization) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
With an issuance amount of RMB 3.05 billion, the project is billed as the first inter-institutional REIT in the residential distributed PV sector to combine the 3 themes of carbon neutrality, green energy, and rural revitalization. The project aims to leverage innovative financial tools in the REIT market to build a circulation platform for distributed PV assets, enabling a closed-loop lifecycle for renewable energy assets covering investment, construction, management, and exit.
Trinasolar follows Guangdong Energy Group, which announced launching a green asset-backed special plan in October 2025 (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
The 400 MW / 2,400 MWh energy storage project in Buerhantu, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, was recently connected to the grid and put into operation. The project is equipped with HyperStrong’s 587 Ah ultra-large-capacity battery cells, featuring 6-hour long-duration storage to flexibly meet grid peak-shaving and frequency regulation demands across different periods.
HyperStrong stated that, by using a modular system design capable of exceeding 7 MWh per unit, the project is the first benchmark engineering application of 7 MWh-class storage systems at scale in China. Since commencing operations, the project has maintained an efficiency of >90% at the 220 kV grid connection point and an online availability rate of >99.5%.
Leading inverter and energy storage manufacturer GoodWe expects a turnaround in FY2025. In its financial results forecast for the year, the company projects an adjusted net loss of RMB 34 million to RMB 71 million, compared to a loss of RMB 193.57 million in the same period last year. GoodWe attributes the recovery to a domestic PV installation surge, the rollout of residential storage subsidies in Australia, and the end of the inventory adjustment period in the European market. It states that these factors drove a significant increase in sales volume and gross profit for inverters and energy storage batteries. IT adds that revenue growth and product structure optimization also contributed to overall profitability.
Solar wafer equipment manufacturer and wafer slicing service provider Gaoce has released its FY2025 financial results forecast, estimating an adjusted net loss of RMB 120 million to RMB 140 million. This is a widening of the deficit compared to the RMB 109.17 million loss reported for 2024. The company attributed the loss to low product prices driven by phased oversupply in the industry.
Despite the full-year loss, Gaoce noted that capacity utilization remained high in the second half of the year, enabling the company to achieve profitability in both Q3 and Q4.