The TaiyangNews Cell Production Equipment Report, published recently, discussed the innovations in cell production equipment. As a follow-up, TaiyangNews is now organizing a virtual conference to expand the coverage and dialogue on production equipment.
At the TaiyangNews Virtual Conference on Cell & Module Production Equipment & Processing Materials, Hisanari ONOUCHI, Deputy CTO of Cybrid Technologies, will be presenting on the topic titled: Advanced Materials for Better TOPCon Modules: Achieving High Efficiency and Loing-Term Reliability.
The Conference is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, from 09:30 to 13:00. For the full agenda, please visit our website. Click here to register for free.
Construction has commenced on Phase I of the Qingyang ‘East-to-West Computing’ Industrial Park Green Power Aggregation Pilot Project in Gansu Province. The project will install 1 GW of renewable capacity, including 750 MW of wind power and 250 MW of solar PV. TBEA, in partnership with Gansu Electric Power Investment Group, will provide EPC services, constructing a 330 kV booster station and a 50 MW/100 MWh energy storage system, with grid connection expected within 2025.
The project is recognized as China’s first green power aggregation direct supply pilot for data centers under the national East-to-West Computing strategic initiative. Once operational, it will supply renewable electricity to data centers in Eastern China.
Last month, China’s ‘1st’ low-carbon computing base project, which adopts the GGLS (generation, grid, load, and storage) model, officially started operations in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Leading heterojunction (HJT) manufacturer Huasun Energy has announced 2 achievements in crystalline silicon HJT-perovskite tandem solar cells.
Firstly, it achieved 34.02% efficiency on small-sized HJT-perovskite tandem cells at the laboratory level. It says that it achieved this through significantly reduced interfacial non-radiative recombination losses made possible by introducing a dual passivation strategy that combines physical field-effect and chemical bonding.
For large-size cells, Huasun adopted its in-house large-texture thin-film innovative deposition technology, achieving 29.01% efficiency on a 210 mm half-cell tandem device.
Recently, Huasun Energy joined hands with Italy-based New Time, aiming to combine HJT technology with perovskite to develop roof tiles, solar pavements and PV glass parapets (see China’s Huasun, Italy’s New Time Partner For 1 GW BIPV Factory).
PV mounting system manufacturer Antaisolar has released its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report, outlining its sustainability strategy branded ‘RAISE’, which is short for Robustness, Advancement, Inclusiveness, Symbiosis and Engagement.
The company set ambitious mid- to long-term goals for 2030, including:
Achieving 100% carbon neutrality at the production end,
Renewable electricity to account for over 50% of energy consumption,
Recycled scrap steel and aluminum to account for 60% and 40% of raw material use,
70% reuse rate for heavy-metal wastewater,
90% recyclable packaging materials,
90% adoption rate for new energy vehicles.
Antaisolar also stated that it has established a RMB 50 million ($6.94 million) special fund for its EcoRaise Global Co-construction Program, with the first allocation directed toward the protection of mangroves in Quanzhou, Fujian.
Solar cell/module and lithium battery equipment maker Autowell reported a decline in revenues and profits in H1 2025. For the January-June period, its revenues fell 23.57% year-over-year (YoY) to RMB 3.379 billion ($469 million), while net profit excluding non-recurring items declined 62.21% YoY to RMB 288.6 million ($40.1 million).
As of June 30, 2025, the company’s order backlog stood at RMB 10.569 billion ($1.47 billion), down 26.32% YoY. The company attributed the decline to reduced orders from the PV industry.
Solar glass manufacturer Almaden reported its financial results for H1 2025. The company’s revenues for the first 6 months in 2025 fell 38.16% YoY to RMB 1.083 billion ($150.5 million). It reported a net loss excluding non-recurring items of RMB 305.5 million ($42.5 million), compared with a profit of RMB 18.62 million ($2.6 million) during the same period last year.
The company attributed the loss mainly to the supply-demand imbalance and capacity mismatch in the PV industry, which led to a sharp decline in revenue and gross margin of its solar glass business. Additionally, inventory impairment provisions on certain PV glass stock further weighed on profitability.
Earlier this year, Almaden halted plans for a 4th ultra-thin PV backsheet glass line, instead choosing to redirect the funds toward an aluminosilicate glass facility in Ordos, Inner Mongolia (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
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