China Solar PV News Snippets

UL Solutions certify Jolywood's QIHF2 – Polymeric Frontsheets and Backsheets for PV modules; Canadian Solar to repurchase shares; Haitai Solar PV Testing Center now CNAS certified; Beijing Energy Technology & Microquanta launch low-carbon park; JA Solar, Tongwei & Jinergy win CR Power n-type module bid.

UL Solutions' IEC certification for Jolywood: n-type solar module manufacturer Jolywood announced that its QIHF2 – Polymeric Frontsheets and Backsheets for Photovoltaic Modules have been issued IEC 62788-2-1:2023 certification by UL Solutions, an international independent third-party testing, inspection and certification agency. The company said that it is the first time that UL Solutions has enabled a new product category number – QIHF2 – while issuing the certification. Meanwhile, a month ago at the TaiyangNews annual flagship event Virtual Conference on High Efficiency Solar Technologies – Today, Tomorrow and Beyond – Part 2, Jolywood Solar's Senior R&D Director Keng Siew Chan discussed efficiency improvement technology of industrial production for TOPCon solar cells within the C-Chinese company that's known as a pioneer and very early adopter of n-type technology (see Keng Siew Chan, Jolywood: Study on Efficiency Improvement Technology).

Canadian Solar to repurchase company shares: Solar PV manufacturer Canadian Solar has announced its proposal to repurchase its shares. The total amount of repurchase funds shall not be less than RMB 500 million ($70.27 million) (inclusive) and shall not exceed RMB 1 billion ($0.14 billion) (inclusive). The company also added that the upper limit of the share repurchase price will not be higher than 150% of the average trading price of the company's stock in the 30 trading days before the company's board of directors considers and approves the repurchase plan resolution (specifically, it shall be subject to the repurchase plan reviewed and approved by the board of directors). The repurchased shares will be used for equity incentives at an appropriate time in the future, and/or employee stock ownership plan.

Haitai Solar PV Testing Center now CNAS certified: PV module manufacturer Haitai Solar said via WeChat that its Photovoltaic Testing Center has obtained the CNAS accreditation qualification certificate (certificate number: L20062), issued by the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment. With this, the company now enters the ranks of nationally accredited laboratories. This certification endorses Haitai Solar's technical service capabilities to conduct testing in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation standards. The test reports issued by CNAS laboratories can now be mutually recognized by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) and Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC).

Beijing Energy Technology and Microquanta come together for low-carbon park: Perovskite PV technology company Microquanta said via WeChat that it has partnered with the ecological development solutions supplier Beijing Energy Technology to develop a perovskite low-carbon park, which was officially put into operation recently. The company said that this is the first time that perovskite has been integrated into outdoor multi-functional PV products such as street lamps, floor tiles, and benches. This low-carbon park is a combination of innovation in technology, product, and application, thus providing new photovoltaic ideas and solutions for urban energy transformation, Microquanta added.

JA Solar, Tongwei and Jinergy win CR Power n-type module bid: Wind and hydropower plant operator China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited (CR Power) announced the bid results for its centralized procurement of photovoltaic modules towards the first batch of PV projects in 2024. The bidding, which was divided into 3 sections, was made for the procurement of 1.51 GW of n-type modules. Here are the results:

• Bid 1: This bid was for a total capacity of 610 MWp n-type TOPCon monocrystalline bifacial double-glass photovoltaic modules. JA Solar won the bid with a bid price of RMB 0.85 /W ($0.12 /W)
• Bid 2: This bid was for a total capacity of 600 MWp n-type bifacial monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules. Tongwei Solar won this bid with a bid price of RMB 0.851 /W ($0.12/W)
• Bid 3: This bid was for a total capacity of 300 MWp n-type bifacial monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules. The winner is Jinergy with a bid price of RMB 0.862 /W ($0.12/W)