China Solar PV News Snippets

TrinaTracker wins 200 MW fishery solar order from ZTPC; Aiko Solar's big plans for Chuzhou City; Huasun gets TÜV SÜD EH&S risk assessment certification; Risen's cumulative 700 Wp+ Hyper-ion modules shipments over 3 GW; NBS releases power generation statistics.

TrinaTracker secures 200 MW fishery solar project: TrinaTracker, the tracker making arm of Trina Solar, has secured a contract to supply 200 MW Vanguard 2P trackers and Trina Smart Cloud monitoring platform to Zhejiang Thermal Power Construction Co Ltd (ZTPC). Situated in Dongying, Shandong province, the fishery solar project will involve PV power generation in the upper layer and fish farming in the lower layer, minimizing environmental impact. The company says that its Vanguard 2P tracker, designed for challenging environments, reduces construction complexity and costs.

TrinaTracker recently announced that 2 solar power plants in Uzbekistan with its Vanguard 1P trackers were grid-connected (see China Solar PV News Snippets).

Aiko takes over Chuzhou cell fab project from Haiyuan Material; has bigger plans: Solar cell and module maker Haiyuan Material has announced the transfer of its 100% equity stake in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Chuzhou Saiwei Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Chuzhou Energy) to Aiko Solar for RMB 38 million ($5.28 million). The company initially planned to construct a 10 GW TOPCon cell and 3 GW module fab as part of the 1^st phase and a 5 GW HJT cell fab in the 2^nd phase. Haiyuan Material said that its decision comes after considering the significant changes in the PV industry, the current market environment, investment risks and management costs.

Aiko Solar, upon acquiring the 100% stake in Chuzhou Energy, plans to invest about RMB 10 billion ($1.39 billion) to construct a 25 GW high-efficiency solar cell fab in the city. Aiko has already signed an agreement with the local government for the facility. To be executed in 2 phases, Phase I involves an n-type TOPCon cell manufacturing facility with 15 GW annual capacity for an investment of about RMB 6 billion ($833.4 million). As part of Phase II, it plans a 10 GW high-efficiency crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell fab for investment of RMB 4 billion ($555.6 million). With the 1^st phase scheduled to commence production by the end of 2024, the company says that it will take a call on Phase II based on the prevailing conditions at the time.

Recently, Aiko Solar announced its plans to upgrade the 25 GW PERC cell manufacturing capacity at its Yiwu manufacturing base to TOPCon (see China Solar PV News Snippets).

Huasun gets TÜV SÜD Certification for EH&S risk assessment of PV modules: Huasun Energy has announced that it has received the inaugural IEC TS 62994:2019 certification from TÜV SÜD. This certification covers the entire lifecycle of PV modules with a focus on Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) risk assessment. This milestone marks the first TÜV SÜD IEC TS 62994 certification in Greater China. The certification confirms that Huasun's heterojunction (HJT) solar modules meet international standards, affirming their environmental friendliness and safety.

Risen Energy's cumulative 700 Wp+ HJT Hyper-ion module shipments over 3 GW: Risen Energy has announced that it has shipped over 3 GW of 700 Wp+ HJT Hyper-ion modules since its official launch in July 2023. The company says that these modules have been shipped to nearly 40 countries and regions around the world, including markets such as Europe, Latin America, UAE, Pakistan, Israel, Iraq, Indonesia, Yemen, among others.

China's solar power generation increased 15.4% from in February 2024: China's National Bureau of Statistics has released the energy production report from January to February 2024. The report says that the country's electricity generation remained stable during the period. Industrial power generation was 1,487 billion kWh, increasing 8.3% YoY and achieving a growth rate of 0.3 percentage points from December 2023. In terms of growth rates, while the growth rate for thermal power accelerated, hydro, wind and solar power generation slowed down during the period. Below are the highlights for different power generation types:

• Industrial thermal power increased by 9.7%, 0.4 percentage points higher than December 2023
• Hydropower grew 0.8%, slower by 1.7 percentage points
• Nuclear power grew 3.5%, reversing its 4.2% fall in December 2023
• Wind power grew 5.8%, slower by 1.6 percentage points
• Solar power grew 15.4%, slowing down by 1.8 percentage points.