TCL Industries, the parent company of TCL Solar, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Jingdong Property, a subsidiary of the e-commerce giant JD Group that provides infrastructure construction, asset management, and related services.
Under the agreement, TCL Solar will develop commercial and industrial (C&I) distributed PV projects at JD Logistics parks in Beijing, Tianjin, Guangdong, and other regions, supplying green power for warehouse automation and temperature-control systems. The 2 companies will also explore joint PV and energy storage deployments in overseas infrastructure projects using Jingdong Property’s logistics network.
Recently, TCL Solar was one of the shortlisted companies for China Huadian’s 8 GW centralized PV module procurement (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Another TCL company, TCL TZE, announced its intent to acquire a controlling stake in DAS Solar in January (see China’s TCL TZE To Acquire Controlling Stake In DAS Solar).
Perovskite manufacturer Liyuan New Energy announced the rollout of its first batch of lightweight, flexible perovskite solar module samples, measuring 1.2 × 0.6 m.
According to the company, the modules use lightweight composite materials and flexible encapsulation processes designed to provide radiation resistance and anti-vibration performance. The products target applications including curved building surfaces, car roofs, consumer electronics (3C products), and deployable wings for space satellites.
The company’s 100 MW production line for rigid standard modules began operations in August 2025 and primarily supplies distributed PV projects, C&I rooftops, and solar carport applications.
Thin-film solar product manufacturer Yanhe Solar and intelligent space application system provider Comospace have signed a strategic agreement to establish a joint laboratory focused on space computing and energy technologies.
The partnership plans to launch a new-generation ‘Tiansuan-1’ space supercomputing node equipped with large-area flexible solar arrays in 2027. According to Comospace’s roadmap, the long-term goal is to build a 10,000-card-level space supercomputing center by 2030, consisting of more than 10 satellites deployed in dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit.
The system’s energy module is planned to feature a 1 km² solar cell array with installed capacity exceeding 100 MW, while the computing module would host more than 10,000 domestically produced computing cards, delivering total computing power of about 10 EOPS.
Data released by China’s New Energy Consumption Monitoring and Early Warning Center show that the national solar PV generation utilization rate reached 94.3% in January 2026, down 0.3 percentage points from December. However, this is up from 93.7% reported for November 2025 (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Wind power utilization stood at 94.5%, up 0.2 percentage points month on month.
Regionally, Shanghai, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Chongqing recorded a 100% PV utilization rate, while Beijing, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu all exceeded 99%. Western provinces, including Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Yunnan, reported utilization rates between 84% and 89%, indicating relatively higher absorption pressure. Tibet recorded the lowest PV utilization rate nationwide at 55.3%.