The global solar PV manufacturing landscape is evolving rapidly, with technology roadmaps diverging across regions. While China advances beyond first-generation TOPCon into back-contact (BC) and hybrid architectures, hubs like India, Europe, and North America are balancing TOPCon expansion, HJT, and tandem concepts.
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BOE Energy’s 200 MW Pasture-PV-Storage + Sand Control Comprehensive Project in Inner Mongolia’s Xilingol League has been selected as a representative case in the ‘New Energy/PV Desertification Control’ category of the report Desertification Control and Land Restoration – Inspiring Solutions from Chinese Enterprises. The report was released on August 18, 2026, at a China Pavilion side event during the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17).
The project adopts a ‘PV + energy storage + desertification control + livestock farming’ model. Elevated mounting structures allow PV generation above and grazing below, while shading and wind protection from the modules help improve the surface microenvironment.
BOE Energy is the energy development subsidiary of display manufacturing giant BOE.
Chinese energy developer Energy China (CEEC) has announced the results of its 2026 centralized procurement of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) energy storage systems (ESS) and battery cells, with a total procurement volume of approximately 30 GWh. The procurement covers four lots: 1C (1-hour), 0.5C (2-hour), and 0.25C (4-hour) ESS, as well as LFP battery cells.
A total of 36 companies won bids, including CATL, Sungrow, JA, and Risen Energy. However, as the announcement did not disclose the specific capacity of each lot, the winning unit prices for individual suppliers cannot be calculated.
Recently, CEEC released the preferred bidders for its 2026 centralized PV inverter procurement, with an estimated total capacity of 20 GW (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
PV and energy storage manufacturer Trinasolar, together with research teams from Fudan University and Southeast University, has published research in Nature on perovskite/perovskite/crystalline-silicon triple-junction solar cells. The study addresses non-radiative losses in wide-bandgap perovskites and suboptimal light management across the multilayer stack.
The researchers combined defect passivation of wide-bandgap perovskites with optical management to address key electrical and optical limitations in triple-junction devices. The devices achieved certified steady-state efficiencies of 32.22% for a 1.046 cm² aperture area and 26.97% for a 15.62 cm² aperture area. Trinasolar said both efficiencies are records for triple-junction cells, and the research provides a technical pathway for lightweight, high-efficiency, and stable multijunction tandem PV devices, including for space applications.
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced the preferred bidders for its 2026-2027 centralized procurement of solar PV modules, with the tender expected to cover about 4.3 GW. The procurement includes both TOPCon and back-contact (BC) technologies, allowing bidders to select a route based on their available production capacity.
Six companies were named as preferred bidders, with quoted prices of RMB 0.71/W for Astronergy, RMB 0.695/W for JA, RMB 0.69/W for Yingli Solar, RMB 0.70/W for Tongwei, RMB 0.748/W for Huayao PV, and RMB 0.685/W for LONGi.
Leading PV encapsulant film manufacturer Hangzhou First reported operating revenue of RMB 6.988 billion for the first half of 2026, down 12.2% year-on-year, while adjusted net profit rose 62.57% to RMB 729.6 million. The company attributed the increase mainly to higher profits from its PV products, photosensitive dry film, and aluminum laminated film businesses.
Note that the reported adjusted net profit is lower than Hangzhou First’s forecast in July (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
PV encapsulant film sales volume fell 11.97% year-on-year to 1.2202 billion m² during the period. Hangzhou First said its encapsulant film business profitability recovered significantly as capacity held by loss-making producers continued to exit the market and smaller encapsulant manufacturers gradually withdrew, easing competition in the industry. Sales volumes of photosensitive dry film and aluminum laminated film increased 21.92% and 29.38%, respectively, to 109 million m² and 8.6145 million m².
