Solar inverter and ESS maker GoodWe has commissioned ‘China’s first’ charging facility integrating wind, solar and storage, in De’an County, Jiangxi Province, specifically designed for charging heavy-duty trucks. The site has 630.630 kW of installed solar PV capacity, three 10 kW wind turbines, and 26 charging piles rated at 320 kW each. GoodWe’s products supplied for the project include string inverters, integrated C&I storage cabinets, and a PV-storage coordination controller. The company stated that its hardware, combined with its smart energy management platform WE, enables seamless scheduling and control across PV, energy storage, and third-party charging infrastructure, supporting self-consumption, anti-backflow, and TOU (time-of-use) economic modes.
Recently, GoodWe officially joined the IEA PVPS Task 15 working group – Enabling Framework for the Development of BIPV (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Solar PV encapsulation materials manufacturer Hangzhou First has released a profit alert for H1 2025, expecting a net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 473.1 million ($66.10 million), down 49.05% year-on-year (YoY). The company attributes the decline to a drop in the average selling prices (ASPs) for its PV encapsulation film products, leading to lower revenue and gross profit margins. While its new business segment in electronic materials turned a profit during the period, losses were incurred in other emerging segments, including specialty films and upstream investments in POE resin, which are estimated to have reduced net profit by RMB 62.26 million ($8.68 million).
In April, the company had reported a 15.23% YoY decline in its 2024 revenues to RMB 19.15 billion ($2.62 billion) (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
A new international standard proposal initiated by China, titled Photovoltaic Products Carbon Footprint – Product Category Rules – Part 1: Solar Photovoltaic Modules (IEC 63667-1), has been officially approved for development by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Led by the China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI), the standard is being co-developed with industry leaders such as Tongwei. It is considered the first global standard specifically addressing carbon footprint accounting in the PV industry. The proposal is technically based on China’s industry standard SJ/T 11926-2024, also developed by CESI, and aims to establish a unified methodology for lifecycle carbon footprint calculation and scientific data quality assessment for solar PV modules.
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) and 3 other ministries have jointly released a policy notice titled Guidelines on Promoting the Construction of Zero-Carbon Parks. It serves as a guide to various industrial parks in implementing low-carbon and zero-carbon transformation in a planned, phased manner, helping both parks and enterprises reduce emissions and improve efficiency. The key measures listed include enhancing the use of local renewable energy resources, aligning parks with nearby non-fossil power generation facilities, scientifically deploying storage systems for grid balancing, and developing direct green power supply models such as onsite solar and distributed energy via local distribution networks. The policy also encourages participation in green power and green certificate trading and explores the integrated development of hydrogen and electricity.
Recently, China’s MIIT issued a notice outlining plans to deepen the standardization of green and low-carbon practices in industry and information technology (see China Solar PV News Snippets).