History repeats

“Unprecedented” was a term widely used in 2020, as the world grappled with the Covid-19 pandemic. The same word can be similarly applied to the plans and investments in production capacity announced by Chinese PV manufacturers right across the supply chain. But what shape are these expansions taking and what is driving this renewed confidence? Vincent Shaw reports from Shanghai.

Issue 03–2021
Manufacturing equipment at a JinkoSolar facility.

Manufacturing equipment at a JinkoSolar facility. Last year, the company began work on a new 20 GW cell factory in China’s Yunnan province.

Image: JinkoSolar

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