Perovskite PV manufacturer Microquanta has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with data center developer Xinpu Tuling Technology for a demonstration project integrating computing and energy infrastructure, with planned cooperation valued at RMB 1.5 billion. The project is intended to support the latter’s green computing initiative in Xining, Qinghai province, which involves a total planned investment of around RMB 13 billion and a 40,000-P computing cluster.
The partners plan to combine Microquanta’s perovskite PV technology with building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), direct green power supply, and energy storage. The proposed system will use data center rooftops, façades and other distributed spaces to develop a renewable electricity supply system, supporting demonstration and deployment of perovskite PV in computing infrastructure.
PV manufacturer Trinasolar plans to acquire a 1.6% stake in PV encapsulant and module backsheet manufacturer Betterial for RMB 40 million, according to a company announcement. The transaction covers approximately 3.274 million shares, valuing Betterial at RMB 2.5 billion. Betterial reported revenue of RMB 3.16 billion in 2025 and net assets of RMB 1.006 billion at year-end.
The investment constitutes a related-party transaction, but Betterial will not be consolidated into Trinasolar’s financial statements following the acquisition. Trinasolar said the investment aims to support supply-chain cooperation and ensure a stable supply of PV encapsulants. The transaction remains subject to the signing of a definitive agreement.
Recently, Trinasolar and Intel launched a pilot project to explore integrated power-and-computing technologies and commercial models for AI data centers (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
PV and ESS manufacturer JA has received a Gold rating in EcoVadis’ 2026 sustainability assessment, placing it among the top 5% of companies assessed globally and the top 2% in the ‘other electrical equipment manufacturing’ category. This is the company’s first EcoVadis Gold rating.
JA scored 87 out of 100 for sustainable procurement, ranking in the industry’s top 1%, while its labor and human rights score of 84 placed it in the top 2%. It scored 80 in both business ethics and environmental performance, ranking in the top 4% and top 7% of the industry, respectively.
According to JA, renewable electricity accounted for 34% of its electricity consumption in 2025. The company also reported that 100% of its domestic production-material suppliers had signed its supplier code of conduct, all relevant suppliers had signed conflict minerals declarations, and all new suppliers had been screened using environmental and social criteria.
Last month, JA secured an RMB 700 million cross-border green financing package from Hang Seng Bank (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Hunan province has issued a trial implementation plan allowing virtual power plants (VPPs) to participate in electricity market trading. Aggregated resources may include distributed PV, new energy storage and adjustable industrial and commercial loads. Each VPP’s electricity consumption unit must have at least 10 MW of adjustable capacity, sustain a response for at least one hour, and maintain adjustable capacity equivalent to at least 10% of its normal load.
VPPs may participate in medium- and long-term electricity trading, spot markets, ancillary services, and green power and green certificate trading. Distributed PV projects can access green power trading through VPP aggregation if they meet project registration and green certificate requirements and either do not receive national renewable energy tariff subsidies or have voluntarily relinquished them.
For generation-side settlement, the policy offers two pricing options: a service-fee package, with agency service fees initially capped at RMB 20/MWh, and a linked-pricing package. Any difference between the mechanism price and market-based price for aggregated distributed PV projects will be accounted for separately by the grid operator and excluded from market-based settlement between VPPs and aggregated resource providers.
