TOPCon to total 70% of global sales in 2024; JinkoSolar says poised to lead
In a release, TOPCon module supplier JinkoSolar states that it expects TOPCon to represent 70% of global solar module sales in 2024, up from just 15% in 2023. Whereas TOPCon, heterojunction (HJT) and back contact (BC) technologies were all still emerging technologies last year, it says that TOPCon has emerged as the clear leader in 2024. Trina Solar and JA Solar recently also said that TOPCon solar module technology will dominate the PV industry over the next 5 years, with a market share of 70-80% by 2025 (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
As a TOPCon pioneer with 460 authorized patents, JinkoSolar says it has enabled significant advancements in the n-type era, offering patents to other manufacturers. It claims to have achieved 120 GW of cumulative Tiger Neo n-type TOPCon panel sales within 20 months since its launch in late 2022. JinkoSolar says that its investment in R&D and patent sharing has driven global adoption of TOPCon, positioning the technology as the post-PERC industry standard.
Recently, TaiyangNews spoke with JinkoSolar’s Global Vice President Dany Qian about the company’s IP portfolio and its approach to navigating the increasingly competitive solar market (see Guarded and Guarding: JinkoSolar’s IP Portfolio Strategy in the TOPCon Era).
JA Solar and UNSW establish joint laboratory
Vertically integrated solar module manufacturer JA Solar has collaborated with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to establish a joint laboratory. Jin Baofang, Chairman of JA Solar; Vlado Perkovic, Executive Vice President of UNSW; Professor Martin Green of UNSW; and Sean Li, Dean of the School of Materials and Future Manufacturing at UNSW, attended the unveiling ceremony and witnessed the signing of the first batch of R&D projects at UNSW in Australia. JA Solar stated that this joint laboratory signifies a further deep integration of industry-university-research cooperation between the 2 parties. The company said it will accelerate the development and application of more advanced technologies by leveraging UNSW's PV research resources.
Separately, JA Solar and China Three Gorges Renewables have jointly established Qujing Jingrui New Energy Co., Ltd (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Scenergy and Tongwei to jointly develop stacked grid modules
According to an announcement from Scenergy, it has signed a cooperation agreement with Tongwei to jointly develop stacked grid module technology. The cooperation extends to mass production of the technology once developed, according to the deal. Scenergy said that it had signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Tongwei and JSG in August 2024 to further its previous research and development of the technology. The current agreement with Tongwei, it says, comes on the back of the previous strategic cooperation agreement to rapidly progress the stacked grid module technology from the laboratory to large-scale mass production.
Singsun delivers 1 GW fixed mounting systems to Kubuqi desert project
Solar mounting systems supplier Singsun has announced that it has successfully delivered the fixed mounting systems for Huaneng’s 1 GW Kubuqi Desert Southern New Energy Base. Singsun is the sole supplier of mounting systems for this pilot project. This 1 GW pilot project is part of the larger Ordos South New Energy Base Project and is meant to serve as the first step of the project. The Ordos project is said to be China Huaneng’s single largest investment and largest capacity project in recent years, with a planned total capacity of 16 GW, including 4 GW of wind, 8 GW of solar, and 4 GW of coal-fired thermal power.
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