TrinaTracker, the solar tracker manufacturing arm of Trinasolar, has been awarded China’s first third-party review report for wind tunnel testing in the solar tracker sector, issued by DNV. The report evaluates the company's Vanguard 1P tracker system using a newly developed rigid model pressure test and advanced dynamic analysis, conducted in collaboration with Tongji University. TrinaTracker’s wind engineering team and Tongji also developed a specialized multi-modal dynamic response analysis based on random vibrations. The company said that this method couples pulsating wind load time histories with the actual dynamic characteristics of the tracker structure, enabling refined dynamic wind load assessments.
Last month, Trinasolar announced a partnership with the Institute of Solar Energy at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (IES-UPM) to establish a joint solar demonstration center (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Perovskite manufacturer Perovs plans to establish a perovskite production base in Xining, Qinghai Province. According to local media Qinghai Daily, Phase I of the base involves a RMB 500 million ($69.70 million) investment, with plans to build a 200 MW perovskite solar PV module production line. The project has completed the signing phase and is currently undergoing preparatory work, such as land approval and investment agreement optimization. The plant’s construction is scheduled to begin this month, reaching commercial operation within the next 10 months.
In May, Perovs launched a smart perovskite annealing furnace with a heating area of 1,200 × 650 mm (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Biogas power operator BCCY has officially shelved its plans to enter the solar PV manufacturing sector. In 2023, the company announced a RMB 1.4 billion ($195.15 million) investment to build a 4 GW high-efficiency heterojunction (HJT) solar cell plant in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province. According to the company’s latest statement released on July 4, the local government has reclaimed the land initially allocated to the factory, confirming its cancellation. BCCY cited macroeconomic factors, changes in the solar market environment, financing conditions, implementation feasibility, and coordination progress as reasons for the termination.
Goodark (Suzhou Good-Ark Electronics), the parent company of PV silver paste supplier iSilver, has announced a private placement plan to raise up to RMB 886.8 million ($123.61 million). The funds will primarily be used for a 500-ton annual solar electronic paste project, along with other semiconductor and R&D initiatives.
The solar paste plant will receive RMB 341.1 million ($47.5 million) from the proceeds, out of a total investment of RMB 500 million ($69.7 million). With a construction period of 3 years, production is expected to start in Year 3 and reach full capacity by Year 5, eventually achieving an annual output of 200 tons of HJT cell paste and 300 tons of TOPCon cell paste.
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and 3 other ministries have issued a notice promoting the scientific planning and construction of high-power EV charging infrastructure. The policy encourages the development of intelligent and orderly high-power charging hubs and calls for integrating PV generation and energy storage systems where feasible.
The document also outlines efforts to establish efficient interaction between charging stations and local distribution grids, optimize capacity planning for power access, and better utilize low-load periods in the grid. These measures aim to improve the grid’s ability to support large-scale, high-power EV charging stations.
NDRC, along with China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration and NEA, issued a master plan for PV-driven desertification control across the ‘Three-North’ desert regions of China for the period covering 2025 to 2030 (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
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