Indebted Chinese developer spells out obligations in unaudited figures
Covid-19 has left Shunfeng International’s accountants unable to publish its official 2021 numbers on time, but its estimated figures announced a net current liability of almost $155 million and a “capital deficiency” of near $140 million.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Tongwei deploys another 32GW of solar cell capacity
In other news, JinkoSolar secured a 1GW supply agreement with CNNC Rich Energy Corporation Limited and Yunnan Province announced a plan to deploy another 50GW of PV over the next three years.
Trina Solar achieves 25.5% efficiency in n-type TOPCon solar cell
The result was confirmed by the National Institute of Metrology of China. It was achieved with a cell size of 210x210mm.
Formamidinium-cesium perovskite solar cell with 24.25% efficiency
Developed by scientists in China, the cell was used to fabricate a 20.5%-efficient mini perovskite module. A dual-functional additive was applied to regulate the crystallization and defects of the formamidinium-cesium perovskite film.
Pumped hydro business sinks numbers for Chinese clean power developer
Be Clean Energy emphasized it was its wind power business that was the company’s 2021 success story, even though solar power sales revenue also jumped. Elsewhere, compatriot PV manufacturer Solargiga bounced back into profit last year.
Longi achieves 25.47% efficiency for gallium-doped p-type heterojunction solar cell
The result, confirmed by Germany’s Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH), was achieved on a heterojunction solar cell based on an M6 wafer.
Growatt unveils new inverter for residential applications
The new device has an efficiency of up to 98.6% and a European efficiency of up to 98.1%. It features up to two maximum power point tracking (MPPT) inputs, with MPPT voltage ranging from 140-1,000V.
Chinese poly maker says its granular silicon will be in demand when EU puts up carbon border
GCL-Poly, in its annual results statement for 2021, has pointed to certification of its product’s low-carbon claims by French government body the Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: It’s boom time for solar in the world’s PV capital
Big numbers from polysilicon and cell maker Tongwei and the latest government statistics indicate the nation is in the midst of a flood of solar capacity additions at the moment.
GCL’s solar project business spells out how it slashed debts in 2021
The developer last year sold off 2.9GW of solar generation capacity to state-owned entities to reduce its debt pile by $1.76 billion and has another 298MW up for sale as it repeated its intent to switch to blue, and later, green hydrogen.
