China Solar PV News Snippets

n-type module produced in JA Solar Hefei facility; DAS New Materials sign RMB 1.6 billion deal with Lianyungang Zone; Golden Solar raises RMB 2 billion for cell and module facilities; Qingdian Group signs RMB 10 billion deal with Feidong County

JA Solar's Hefei facility produces first n-type module: Solar PV panel manufacturer JA Solar said via WeChat that the first production line of its 10 GW facility in Hefei has produced its first n-type module. Spread across 140,000 square meters, this facility adopts a single double-layer steel structure factory building, which is equipped with the AI detection technology and fully automatic intelligent material distribution system (RGV). The whole manufacturing process, the company said is more sensitive, smarter, more efficient and safer. Meanwhile, last month JA Solar had announced that its Dongtai facility has begun construction (see China Solar PV News Snippets)

DAS New Materials to invest RMB 1.6 billion on PV new materials: DAS New Materials, a subsidiary of DAS Solar and a company into research, development and production of photovoltaic new materials, announced over WeChat that it has signed up a RMB 1.6 billion ($0.23 billion) deal with Lianyungang Economic and Technological Development Zone. The funds will be used to build research and development center and production facilities for PV new materials and key components. Spread across 260 mu, the facility will be constructed in two phases and is expected to produce 4 GW of module steel frames, 6 GW of aluminium frames, 5 GW of new photovoltaic brackets, and 3 million square meters of BIPV materials and accessories. On completion, the annual output value of the facility can touch RMB 4.8 billion ($0.69 billion), the company added. At TaiyangNews Solar Module Innovations Conference in January this year, Dr Dengyuan Song, CTO, DAS Solar discussed the development of n-type TOPCon multi-GW level module production of the company with high power and low degradation. Click here to watch the video.

Golden Solar raises RMB 2 billion for cell and module facilities: Material science company Golden Solar announced that it is raising about RMB 2 billion ($0.29 billion) funds by way of issuing stocks. The raised funds, after deducting issuance expenses, will be used to produce 4.8 GW of high-efficiency heterojunction (HJT) cells and 1.2 GW of modules in Jiuquan City. With a construction period of 18 months, the facility will have new high-efficiency heterojunction solar cell and module production lines and corresponding auxiliary facilities and equipment.

Qingdian Group signs RMB 10 billion deal with Feidong County: Clean energy company Qingdian Group said via WeChat that it has signed a RMB 10 billion deal with Feidong County.  The Group will build a 16 GW monocrystalline silicon wafer production facility and supporting projects. The first phase is expected to begin in May this year and will be put into production by August.

TCL Zhonghuan lowers silicon wafer prices: Announcing the latest prices of silicon wafers, leading solar wafer supplier, TCL Zhonghuan New Energy Technology, said that there has been an overall drop in the prices. Here are the details:

• The prices of p-type 150μm silicon wafers 182, 210, and 218.2 have been pegged at RMB 5.84 ($0.748) /pc, RMB 7.60 ($0.973) /pc, and RMB 8.21 ($1.051) /pc, respectively. Compared to the previous release, there has been a drop of 8.75% (9.22%), 5.59% (6.08%) and 5.52% (5.99%), respectively.
• n-type 130μm silicon wafers 182 and 210 have been pegged at RMB 5.95 ($0.761) /pc and RMB 7.74 ($0.991) /pc, respectively. Compared to the previous release, there has been a drop of 8.74% (9.19%) and 5.61% (6.07%), respectively.
• n-type 110μm silicon wafers 182 and 210 have been pegged at RMB 5.71 ($0.731) /pc and RMB 7.43 ($0.951) /pc, respectively. Compared to the previous release, there has been a drop of 8.79% (9.19%) and 5.59% (6.12%), respectively.