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GCL Perovskite, GCL Group’s perovskite R&D and production arm, has officially commissioned a 1 GW perovskite production line in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. The company claims this to be the ‘world’s first’ gigawatt-scale perovskite manufacturing facility. This 1 GW line is only half the planned capacity for this site.
The same day, GCL Perovskite, in partnership with Soochow University and the Suzhou Laboratory, also inaugurated what it calls ‘the world’s first’ artificial intelligence (AI) powered high-throughput joint R&D center for perovskite photovoltaics. The new facility aims to accelerate innovation in perovskite technology by leveraging AI for materials discovery and performance optimization.
GCL Perovskite reports current conversion efficiencies of 19.04% for its single-junction perovskite modules and 29.51% for tandem modules.
Earlier this month, GCL Perovskite announced that its commercial perovskite PV module passed triple-strength accelerated aging tests (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Leading ABC (All Back Contact) cell and module maker AIKO has announced plans to raise up to RMB 3.5 billion ($486 million) through a private share offering to fund a 15 GW n-type ABC solar cell facility and supplement working capital. It will be located in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, with a total planned investment of RMB 8.516 billion ($1.183 billion). The proceeds of this issuance will contribute RMB 3 billion ($417 million) to this total. The construction period is expected to last 18 months.
AIKO currently operates approximately 20 GW of commissioned n-type cell production capacity. The company stated that the expansion will significantly enhance the market competitiveness of its ABC cell technology and further boost its market share in the n-type segment.
As part of the TaiyangNews SNEC Solar Leadership Conversations 2025, TaiyangNews Managing Director Michael Schmela sat down for an exclusive interview with Gang Chen, the President and Founder of AIKO (see SNEC 2025 Exclusive: Interview With AIKO President & Founder Gang Chen).
Heterojunction (HJT) solar manufacturer Risen Energy’s HJT Hyper-ion module has received the Best Energy Yield Award from SGS following an extensive field performance test at SGS’s solar testing center in Saudi Arabia. The company says SGS monitored the performance for nearly a year, evaluating key indicators including energy yield, efficiency, degradation rate, and material longevity under high temperature and humidity. Risen’s HJT module was found to deliver an average annual energy yield of 4.44 kWh per watt, outperforming comparable TOPCon modules by 3.78% over the same period.
Earlier this year, Risen Energy announced an adjustment to the implementation timeline of certain of its projects funded by capital-raising initiatives (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
China National Building Material Group (CNBM) plans to retrofit a 2 GW solar cell production line at its Jiangyin-based PV materials subsidiary for copper-plated HJT cell manufacturing. According to its environmental impact report, the company will utilize existing workshop infrastructure and introduce 7 sets of tin plating equipment to add a tin-coating process to the current production line.
The technical approach involves plating a tin layer onto the exposed copper electrodes to prevent oxidation and improve cell stability. CNBM says that the addition of this tin-plating step is expected to further enhance the long-term reliability of copper-plated HJT cells.
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