During the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, leading solar manufacturer LONGi officially published its 2024-2025 Climate Action White Paper alongside its first Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) report.
In the latest white paper, LONGi sets phased decarbonization targets: to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 60% by 2030 compared to 2020, and to reduce Scope 3 emission intensity by 52%. LONGi also pledges to complete its charging facility coverage at all operational sites by 2030 and to achieve net-zero emissions across the entire value chain by 2050.
The newly issued TNFD report marks LONGi’s incorporation of nature-related factors into corporate governance. The company commits to achieving ‘net zero loss’ of biodiversity and ‘zero deforestation’ by 2050, and has set a 2060 vision of generating a ‘net-positive impact on nature’. LONGi says it has built a dynamic ecological-risk management system covering the full value chain, ensuring that all production sites avoid ecologically protected red-line zones in alignment with its ‘prevention-first’ principle.
Last month, MSCI upgraded LONGi’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) rating to ‘A’ (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
China’s National Bureau of Statistics has released October production data for large industrial enterprises, defined as those with annual revenue of RMB 20 million and above.
In October, these enterprises produced 67.94 GW of solar cells, representing an 8.7% year-over-year (YoY) decline and a decline from 70.87 GW in September and 69.86 GW in August (see China Solar PV News Snippets). From January to October, cumulative solar cell production reached 688.4 GW, up 11.6% YoY.
During the same period, total power generation by large industrial enterprises amounted to 8,062.5 TWh, a 2.3% YoY increase. Solar and wind generation contributed 479.8 TWh and 841.7 TWh, rising 23.2% and 7.6% YoY, respectively.
ESS integrator and service provider HyperStrong has entered into a 10-year strategic cooperation agreement with leading battery manufacturer CATL, for the period from 2026 to 2035.
In the medium term, from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2028, HyperStrong will procure a minimum of 200 GWh of cells from CATL for its energy-storage product manufacturing. Over the longer term, the 2 companies will establish a 4-dimensional collaboration mechanism spanning cells, systems, capital, and operations. Beyond stable cell supply, they also aim to deepen cooperation in joint procurement of AC-side components, the establishment of industry investment funds, and the development of an integrated platform covering development, investment, operation, and O&M. The parties will also update a rolling 3-year cooperation memorandum annually between 2026 and 2035.
Hyperstrong’s utility-scale storage in Santanghu and a C&I charging-storage system in Siyuanqiao were named the finalists for The smarter E AWARD 2025 (see 2 HyperStrong ESS Projects Named Finalists At The smarter E AWARD 2025).
Zhejiang Province has initiated a public tender to study ‘anti-involution’ policy mechanisms for the PV sector – the first such policy-related tender in China. According to the procurement notice issued by the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Zhejiang’s PV industry generated an output value of approximately RMB 250 billion in 2024, accounting for 14.3% of the national total. The province’s filed capacities included 251.50 GW of solar cells and 382.12 GW of modules, with major manufacturers such as JinkoSolar, LONGi, and Risen Energy operating production bases locally.
In 2024, the province’s PV capacity utilization rate fell below 60%, facing issues such as ’zombie capacity’, non-compliant project development, and obsolete p-type production lines.
The tender requires bidders to propose capacity-reduction plans for Zhejiang’s PV industry and develop comprehensive evaluation systems for major projects, dispatch-management frameworks, and guidance mechanisms. The deliverables should provide targeted governance measures and long-term mechanisms to curb excessive internal competition in the industry.
Gansu Province has released its updated implementation plan for the construction and operational management of virtual power plants (VPPs), aiming to accelerate the development of the local VPP industry. The document defines the functional positioning of VPPs, operator categories, construction and grid integration rules, and market-trading arrangements.
The plan sets 2 phased goals. Firstly, VPP management mechanisms should be fully established by 2027, with at least 250 MW of regulation capacity and an initial formation of large-scale, market-based operation. And second, total VPP regulation capacity should exceed 700 MW by 2030, positioning VPPs as a key pillar of the province’s new-type power system.
