PV manufacturer HY SOLAR has delivered the first batch of modules to the 600 MW Guangzhiyuan PV project in Zhungeer Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia. The project’s module procurement covers approximately 722.6 MWp of n-type monocrystalline bifacial dual-glass modules, each rated at 725 W on the front side. HY SOLAR was the sole successful bidder, with a bid of approximately RMB 504.07 million, equivalent to RMB 0.698/W.
A joint venture between a CGN subsidiary in Inner Mongolia and Inner Mongolia Huaxia Zhujiaoping Electric Power Co., Ltd. is developing the project. The project's supporting infrastructure includes a 220 kV step-up substation and a 26.535 km 220 kV transmission line connecting the project to the 500 kV Dalu substation. Construction of the transmission line began in October.
Green energy solutions provider SOJO plans to invest RMB 200 million in Guangzhou Jiangchu New Energy Technology Development Partnership (Limited Partnership). The funds will be used to acquire an equity stake in Guangzhou Huining Shidai New Energy Development Co., Ltd., the project company, and may also provide additional capital. The proceeds will ultimately support the development, construction, and operation of the Jiangmen energy storage project.
Located in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, the project has a planned capacity of 1.3 GW/2.6 GWh. It will use a prefabricated battery-container system and include a 500 kV step-up substation.
Perovskite solar technology developer Yanhe Technology has sent three self-developed space PV modules into a 535 km sun-synchronous orbit aboard the Ceres-2 Y3 rocket launched on November 7. The perovskite-crystalline silicon and perovskite/CIGS tandem modules are aboard the North University of China-1 satellite, while the Yunyao-1 28 satellite carries a flexible perovskite module. The company said the tandem modules will undergo power conversion efficiency and stability tests in a real space environment under dawn-dusk orbital conditions. The flexible module will capture images during in-orbit thermal cycling and monitor how particle radiation and other factors affect power output and reliability.
This is Yanhe Technology’s second space PV validation campaign in two months. In the previous campaign, the company deployed a flexible perovskite module on the Tianyi-52 satellite on September 17 for long-term performance monitoring and testing of its adaptability to the space environment (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
In October, Yanhe Technology and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology established a joint laboratory focused on perovskite solar cells, space PV, orbital energy systems, flexible solar energy devices, and new PV materials.
Qinghai province has released its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for solar thermal power development, targeting 8 GW of combined operational and under-construction capacity by 2030, including more than 5 GW in operation. The plan also aims to reduce the technology’s levelized cost of electricity to a level broadly comparable to that of coal-fired power by 2030.
For large-scale renewable energy export bases, Qinghai will prioritize solar thermal generating units of 300 MW or larger and explore replacing some coal-fired power units with CSP generation. Once 300 MW-class plants have reached sufficient maturity in construction and operation and achieved a certain scale, the province plans to gradually advance demonstrations of 600 MW-class plants, subject to assessments of their necessity and feasibility.
Jiangxi province has published the proposed results of its 2026 renewable energy mechanism price auction, covering wind and solar projects scheduled to achieve full-capacity grid connection in 2027, as well as eligible projects not previously included in the mechanism.
The initial mechanism electricity volume was set at 4.08 billion kWh, comprising 2.925 billion kWh for PV and 1.155 billion kWh for wind power. Both technologies had a bidding range of RMB 0.240-0.379/kWh, with a 10-year mechanism price period.
The proposed results allocate the full 2.925 billion kWh PV quota to 26,965 projects at RMB 0.352/kWh. Wind projects are allocated 957 million kWh at RMB 0.377/kWh, covering six projects.
In July 2026, Jiangxi released a revised draft for mechanism electricity price auctions, proposing to bar self-consumption-based C&I distributed PV projects from participating (see China Solar PV News Snippets).