China Solar PV News Snippets: Skyworth Targets Europe Balcony PV Market & More

Skyworth PV Partners with Joybuy for European Balcony PV Expansion

Skyworth PV, the solar business unit of Skyworth Group, has signed a cooperation agreement with JD.com’s cross-border e-commerce platform Joybuy to jointly promote balcony PV products in overseas markets, beginning with Europe.

The partnership combines Skyworth PV’s product development, manufacturing, and system integration capabilities with Joybuy’s strengths in digital retail, cross-border logistics, and localized services. The companies aim to expand sales of balcony PV systems through online channels and local service networks across European residential energy markets.

At SNEC 2026, in an interview with TaiyangNews Managing Director Michael Schmela, SKYWORTH Solar’s Executive President & General Manager of Overseas Business Division, Wanfei Qu, discussed the company’s growth strategy and product roadmap (see SKYWORTH Group: From A TV Brand To A Global Solar Company).

CR Power Launches 5.4 GW PV Module Procurement

China Resources Power (CR Power) has issued a tender for 5.4 GW of PV modules for projects scheduled between 2026 and 2027.

The procurement is divided into 3 packages. Package 1 covers 3 GW of n-type TOPCon bifacial dual-glass monocrystalline modules rated at 620 Wp and above.

Package 2 includes 2 GW of TOPCon bifacial dual-glass modules with a power output of 710 W or higher.

Package 3 covers 400 MW of n-type bifacial dual-glass modules, comprising 155 MW and 245 MW lots, both of which require module power ratings of at least 725 W. Deliveries are scheduled between August 2026 and July 2027.

In May, China Resources New Energy, the new energy development arm of CR Power, received approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for its Shenzhen main-board IPO (see China Solar PV News Snippets).

China Relaxes Distributed PV Grid Connection Restrictions

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has officially implemented revised Guidelines for Assessing the Hosting Capacity of Distributed Generation Connected to the Power Grid.

The updated rules remove the previous 80% reverse-load ratio restriction for transformers hosting distributed PV projects and replace it with a dynamic assessment mechanism combining system-level and equipment-level evaluations.

The guidelines introduce a green-yellow-red zoning framework for grid connection management and shorten grid-access approval timelines to within 3 working days.

The new framework also expands eligibility to include industrial and commercial distributed PV projects connected at voltage levels up to 110 kV and with installed capacities of up to 50 MW. Energy storage is identified as a key tool for improving hosting capacity, further supporting deployment of PV-plus-storage systems.

Researchers Map China’s Wind and Solar Assets Using AI and Satellite Data

Researchers from Peking University, Alibaba DAMO Academy, and partner institutions have developed China’s first national-scale database of wind and solar facilities using high-resolution satellite imagery, artificial intelligence, and cloud-computing technologies.

Published in Nature under the title Advancing solar and wind penetration in China through energy complementarity, the study identified 91,609 wind turbines and 319,972 solar PV facilities operating in 2022.

Based on the dataset, the researchers found that renewable-energy complementarity improves as coordination expands geographically. Under a highly flexible power-system scenario, nationwide inter-provincial coordination could enable approximately 100 TWh of additional renewable electricity consumption by reducing curtailment and improving utilization of existing wind and solar assets.

The study highlights the growing role of geospatial intelligence in renewable energy planning, cross-regional power dispatch, and power system optimization.

Shanxi Targets More Than 8 GW of Energy Storage by 2027

Shanxi Province has released its Implementation Plan for High-Quality Development of New Energy Storage, targeting more than 8 GW of energy storage capacity by 2027 and over RMB 10 billion in direct investment.

The plan requires newly connected renewable energy projects to install storage equivalent to at least 15% of installed capacity with a minimum duration of 4 hours.

Integrated solar-plus-storage demonstration projects are encouraged to deploy storage systems equal to 100% of PV capacity with discharge durations exceeding 3 hours. The province also supports virtual power plants (VPPs) that aggregate distributed storage resources for participation in spot and ancillary services markets.

Shanxi will prioritize deployment of lithium-ion, vanadium redox flow, compressed-air, and flywheel storage technologies while supporting demonstrations of sodium-ion batteries, semi-solid-state lithium batteries, gravity storage, and grid-forming energy storage systems.

Shanxi plans to add 20 GW of wind and solar capacity annually during China's 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), totaling 100 GW (see China Solar PV News Snippets).