China Solar PV News Snippets

Aiko modules pass rigorous TUV tests; Risen to supply 22 MW HJT modules to SPIC; Jinko's energy systems for Athens airport; Jinko Power & Hunan join hands; Yonz Technology listed on SSE; Damin's solar glass fab begins production; Sunpure robots TUV certified.

Aiko ABC modules receive TÜV Rheinland Swiss Hail VKF certification: Chinese solar cell producer AIKO announced that its high-efficiency All Back Contact (ABC) solar modules has been awarded Swiss Hail VKF HW4 certification by renowned German independent testing organization, TÜV Rheinland. This means that the modules have successfully passed the rigorous hail impact test conducted by the testing organization. Usually, solar modules are tested using 25 mm diameter hailstones, but Aiko ṁodules were tested with 40 mm diameter hailstones, generating an impact energy of no less than 11.1J across 16 impact points. This demonstrated the robustness and reliability of AIKO modules, earning them this award.

Risen to supply HJT Modules to SPIC: Chinese solar panel maker Risen Energy announced that it has supplied 22 MW of its HJT Hyper-ion module to a 700 MW solar PV plant owned by SPIC's subsidiary, Huanghe Hydropower. As the facility is located at a high altitude and faces temperature fluctuations and ultraviolet radiation leading to concerns around the long-term reliability of the modules, Risen's HJT Hyper-ion modules, known to withstand harsh environmental conditions, were chosen.

JinkoSolar to supply energy storage system to Athens International Airport: Photovoltaic and energy storage company, JinkoSolar, said that it has signed a deal to supply its Blue Whale SunTera large-scale energy storage system to Athens International Airport. On completion of this project, the airport supposedly will operate the largest self-generated and self-used system, and will be the world's first international airport to achieve 100% self-generated and self-used system. Recently, JinkoSolar's Global Vice President Dany Qian, as part of TaiyangNews & SNEC 2024 – Solar Leadership Conversations, spoke exclusively to TaiyangNews Managing Director Michael Schmela (see Dany Qian, JinkoSolar at TaiyangNews & SNEC Leadership Talks)

Jinko Power & Hunan Xinhua Power partner for 6 GW distributed PV projects: Clean energy supplier and service provider Jinko Power announced its partnership with Hunan Xinhua Power, which is a subsidiary of Xinhua Power, a large non-nuclear green energy developer. Both the companies will develop, invest, construct, and operate distributed solar PV projects across several provinces. From 2024 to 2026, they aim to develop at least 6 GW of household distributed PV projects, where 1 GW is expected to be completed in 2024, 2 GW in 2025, and 3 GW in 2026.

Yonz Technology listed on SSE: In an announcement, PV frame and mounting system manufacturer, Yonz Technology, said that it has been successfully listed on the main board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The company's IPO price was at RMB 23.35 ($3.21) per share, and in 2023, it had reported a revenue of RMB 5.3 billion ($741.83 million) and a net profit of RMB 371 million($51.04 million). Towards the end of 2023, the company had an annual production capacity of 240,000 tons of PV frames.

Damin's solar glass manufacturing fab begins production: Solar glass manufacturer Gansu Kaisheng Damin Solar Technology (Damin) reported holding the ignition ceremony of the second line of its solar-thermal PV power generation concentrated material and deep processing facility, which is current in its second phase. With an investment of RMB 3.8 billion ($522.8 million), the facility is capable of producing 50 million square meters of ultra-white glass substrates for solar thermal and solar PV, as well as 10 million square meters of flat thermal mirrors.

TÜV SÜD certifies Sunpure Technology cleaning robot: TÜV SÜD issued a type test witness report to Sunpure Technology's dry-hanging photovoltaic cleaning robot, Venus; and its distributed robot, Mars. The robots were subject to 33 test items like obstacle crossing, climbing, posture correction, etc, which they successfully cleared receiving the report. Mars was launched at SNEC 2024, and is equipped with centimeter-level navigation and positioning technology, helping it achieve autonomous decision-making and full coverage path planning (see China Solar PV News Snippets)