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New alliance aims to break 600 W threshold

Chinese manufacturers including Trina Solar, Risen Energy and JA Solar have established a group to design and produce bigger PV modules. The 39-member alliance also includes inverter suppliers including Huawei, Sungrow and SMA.
Emiliano Bellini
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Emiliano Bellini
Trina, manufacturer of the Vertex 500 W module, is part of an alliance pushing for 600 W-plus. | Image: Trina Solar

The 600W+ Photovoltaic Open Innovation Ecological Alliance set up by mostly China-based solar companies aims to cross the 600 W module output threshold.

Trina Solar, the biggest manufacturer in an alliance which also includes Risen Energy and JA Solar, has said the organization will build “products, systems and standards for a next-generation technology platform, committing to maximize the customer values of 600W+ ultra-high-power modules and other related solutions.”

The group also includes big inverter manufacturers such as China’s Huawei and Sungrow and Germany’s SMA Solar Technology. Tracker suppliers including China’s Arctech and Nextracker are also members of the alliance.

The full list of members is:

Separately, seven PV manufacturers in China recently signed up to an initiative to urge the global solar industry to adopt 182mm as the standard format for solar silicon wafers. Those seven companies are Longi Solar, JinkoSolar, Canadian Solar, JA Solar, Runyang Yueda Photovoltaic Technology, Lu’an Solar Technology and Zhongyu Photovoltaic Technology.

This article was amended on 15/07/20 to add Sun Yat-sen University, Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor and UL CCIC to the list originally reported.

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FilipS
Jul 20, 2020

From: “A closer look at Jinko’s 565-585 W panel”

“The module – which measures 2,411×1,134×35mm, weighs 31.1kg and features 156 p-type monocrystalline cells – is available in five versions with power outputs of 565-585 W and efficiencies of 20.67-21.40%”

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Max Hall
Jul 20, 2020

Hi Filip,
I have to admit you’ve got me here. What is it you find incorrect in that statement?

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Larry. Mears
Jul 16, 2020

What are the physical dimentions of these 500 and 600 watt panels?

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Max Hall
Jul 16, 2020

Hi Larry,
If you have a look at our extensive coverage of the various 500 W-plus panels available, stories about modules offered by individual companies typically include product dimensions.

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