China Solar PV News Snippets: Trinasolar & LONGi Win 750 MW Module Bid & More

Trinasolar and LONGi win 750 MW module bid

Power developer CR Power announced the results of its 4^th solar module procurement for 2024 for 750 MW of n-type bifacial double-glass modules. These modules will be utilized for solar projects located in northern China. The tender consists of 2 sections:

• Section 1 is for 200 MW of capacity of 182 mm-cell-based modules with a minimum power output of 585 W

• Section 2 550 MW of 182 x 210 mm cell-based modules with a minimum power output of 615 W

Trinasolar and LONGi Green Energy were the winning bidders for the respective sections, both offering a unit price of RMB 0.705/W ($0.0972/W). The 2 companies issued gloomy financial forecasts for Q4 2024, with the former projecting a RMB 3.8 billion ($523 million) loss (see China Solar PV News Snippets) and the latter a whopping RMB 8.8 billion ($1.2 billion) loss (see LONGi’s 2024 Profit Warning).

10 GW fixed solar rack procurement tender results announced

CGN New Energy has unveiled the shortlisted candidates for its 2025 framework tender for 10 GW of solar fixed racks, covering both ground-mounted and rooftop distributed systems. The tender is divided into 5 sections of 2 GW capacity each and the contracts are valid from January to December 2025. The shortlisted bidders and their unit prices are: Trinasolar with RMB 0.21/W ($0.0290/W), JSingsun with RMB 0.22/W ($0.0303/W), ATEC with RMB 0.21/W ($0.0290/W), TBEA with RMB 0.22/W ($0.0303/W), KSNR with RMB 0.21/W ($0.0290/W).

2023 China's PV power carbon footprint factor set at 0.0545 kgCO₂e/kWh

China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the National Energy Administration (NEA) have published carbon footprint factors for various power generation technologies in 2023. The factor for photovoltaic (PV) power generation was 0.0545 kgCO₂e/kWh for the year, compared to 0.6205 kgCO₂e/kWh overall and 0.0336 kgCO₂e/kWh for wind power. These figures serve as references for calculating the carbon footprint of power production and consumption across industries.