As the solar industry matures, ‘one-size-fits-all’ no longer holds true for solar modules. Increasingly, products are being designed for the specific requirements of different application scenarios. While the familiar segments of utility, commercial & industrial (C&I), and residential installations remain mainstream, module makers are increasingly refining their bill of materials (BOM) to suit distinct operating environments and customer needs.
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Heterojunction (HJT) manufacturer Huasun Energy has supplied its Himalaya G12 high-efficiency HJT modules for a 200 MW PV project designed for desert ecological restoration in Bayannur, Inner Mongolia. The project, located in Xinhua Forest Farm, has an AC capacity of 200 MW and is expected to generate 360 million kWh of electricity annually. Huasun says these modules address the region’s extreme desert conditions with a dual-glass, bifacial module design featuring a steel frame, which enhances water resistance by 100 times and improves sand abrasion resistance and weather durability.
Last month, Huasun Energy announced that it had won China Huadian’s tender to supply 449 MW of HJT modules for a solar power project in Zhanhua District, Binzhou City, Shandong Province (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
The Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission (DRC) has opened public consultation on the adjustment of time-of-use electricity tariffs for commercial and industrial consumers. Under the proposed scheme, the DRC designates timings from 07:00 to 11:00, 14:00 to 16:00, and 23:00 to 24:00 as flat-rate periods. Other hours are categorized into critical peak, peak, off-peak, and deep off-peak according to seasonal demand. The time-of-use price ratio is set at 2.05:1.85:1:0.4:0.2, meaning prices for each period will be calculated as a multiple of the flat rate periods.
The document also supports qualified charging facilities to discharge electricity back to the grid, allowing them to earn revenues at peak rates during critical peak periods in summer and winter. The Zhejiang DRC said the new pricing policy is expected to facilitate greater consumption of renewable energy, particularly solar PV.
Solar PV module manufacturer Haitai Solar has announced the Global Green Energy RWA Alliance, co-initiated with 8 other organizations. These are Guangdong Huichuang (a wholly owned subsidiary of Ganfeng Lithium), BTCM, KardOne, Metopia, EnrgiX, AntLab, Chainless, and All InX. According to Haitai Solar, the alliance is the world’s first industrial collaboration focused on integrating green energy with real-world assets (RWA). Centered around 4 core concepts – RWA alliance formation, green energy value proof, mobile microgrid, and distributed ledger based on mobile microgrids – the initiative aims to drive innovation in the green energy sector.
On the product side, Haitai announced that its 182-72, 182-78, 210R-66, and 210-66N TOPCon dual-glass modules passed high-speed wind tunnel testing and obtained TÜV Nord certification (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA), in collaboration with other government departments, has released the Guidelines on Promoting the High-Quality Development of Energy Equipment. It outlines technical directions across renewable power generation, fossil fuel power, and nuclear energy equipment.
Specific to the PV sector, the document calls for breakthroughs in high-efficiency crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem, HJT, and back-contact module technologies, as well as the development of high-efficiency PV systems and high-voltage string inverters to support safe and efficient power generation under new power systems. It also urges establishing standards for recycling retired PV and wind power equipment, promoting a closed-loop system that covers green design, standardized recycling, high-value utilization, and harmless disposal, while encouraging remanufacturing efforts.
In energy storage, the policy supports the creation of high-safety, high-reliability storage systems, and the development of long-life, wide-temperature, low-degradation lithium, sodium, and solid-state batteries, as well as low-cost, long-duration vanadium-, iron-, and organic-based flow battery systems.
