China PV News Snippets

Day 2 of TaiyangNews Bifacial and Solar Tracker Conference to be held July 6 at 9:00 CEST; Jolywood bags EuPD Research award; Chint Solar to construct 12 GW cell and 18 GW module project in Haining; Tongwei signs two sales deals.

Day 2 of TaiyangNews Bifacial and Solar Tracker Conference tomorrow: TaiyangNews Virtual Conference on Bifacial & Solar Trackers – Boosting Solar Power Plant Yields kickstarted on July 5 and saw some very insightful discussions. Tomorrow, on July 6, that is on Day 2 of the Conference, there will be presentations by Dr Radovan Kopecek, Managing Director at ISC Konstanz; Oscar Aira, Head of Solution Sales for EMEA, Trina Tracker; Song Li, Manager Jinko Solar; Steven Tang, R&D Engineer from Hangzhou First; and Miguel Herrero, Markets & Insights Analyst PVcase. To attend the Conference, register for here.

Jolywood awarded by EuPD Research: Chinese bifacial solar cell and module manufacturer Jolywood said that it was awarded the Top Photovoltaic Brand award by German market research company EuPD Research. The selection, the company said, based on global photovoltaic installation monitoring, and after research and evaluation on multiple dimensions such as brand recognition, product performance and service quality of enterprises, Jolywood was selected.

Chint inks cell and module manufacturing project deals: As per local media reports, Chint Solar, a subsidiary of the CHINT group engaged in PV power station development and PV module production, will be constructing a 12 GW cell and 18 GW module project in Haining City. Spread across an area of 1,180 mu, the total investment of the project is pegged at RMB 12 billion ($1.7 billion), of which RMB 8 billion ($1.1 billion) will be invested in fixed assets. At the recent TaiyangNews Intersolar Europe 2022 Review Conference, Chint Astronergy presented about its latest n-type based rooftop modules (see Chint Astronergy presentation here).

Tongwei Solar signs RMB 120 million polysilicon order: Integrated solar PV manufacturer from China, Tongwei Solar, announced that the company has signed two major sales contracts. The company went on to say that from Tongwei Solar subsidiaries:

• Meike Silicon Energy plans to purchase 256,100 tons of polysilicon products for a transaction amount of RMB 64.4 billion; and
• Shuangliang Silicon Materials plans to buy about 222,500 tons of polysilicon products for RMB 56 billion

Tongwei Solar has signed up about five silicon supply deals, amounting to about RMB 254 billion ($37.8 billion), since the beginning of this year.