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Applications & Installations
World’s largest solar-hydrogen-storage project goes online in China CHN Energy has completed construction of a 400 MW solar-hydrogen-storage project in Jiangsu, combining coastal PV, battery storage and green hydrogen production in a single integrated system. The project, which includes a 60 MW/120 MWh battery and a hydrogen facility producing 482 tons annually, is expected to begin full operations after hydrogen commissioning in August 2026.
Vincent Shaw
19 hours ago
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Markets & Policy
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Daqo expands beyond polysilicon Daqo New Energy will invest CNY 6 billion ($835 million) to build a smart energy systems manufacturing base in Kunshan focused on advanced power equipment and storage solutions for AI data center applications.
Vincent Shaw
Jun 12, 2026
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Markets & Policy
SNEC 2026 wrap-up: Storage, AI and back-contact are reshaping solar SNEC 2026 highlighted a shift in solar from module-centric growth to system integration, with storage and AI increasingly central to project design and value creation. At the technology level, back-contact gained momentum as a premium platform, while scenario-specific modules and emerging applications signaled deeper market segmentation.
Vincent Shaw
Jun 12, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Global solar demand on track for first annual decline in two decades At the SNEC 2026 conference in Shanghai, BloombergNEF (BNEF) lead solar analyst Jenny Chase re-iterated a sobering projection: solar deployment will slow this year before returning to a much more conservative growth trajectory. The defining question facing the industry now is clear: what trends will step up to pull solar growth back upward?
John Fitzgerald Weaver
Jun 11, 2026
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Markets & Policy
US government restricts trade with prominent Chinese storage companies CATL, BYD, JA Solar, Trina Solar, Three Gorges and Huawei are among those listed under the US Department of Defense’s trade restriction, effective from 2027.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jun 10, 2026
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Nachführsystem, Tracker, Nextpower
Technology & Products
Global solar tracker market grew 19% in 2025 Analysis by Wood Mackenzie finds global tracker shipments reached a record 134 GWdc last year, with US-based Nextpower maintaining the largest market share for the eleventh consecutive year.
Patrick Jowett
Jun 09, 2026
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Markets & Policy
Key takeaways from SNEC 2026 in Shanghai SNEC 2026 showed that the solar industry is undergoing “soft consolidation,” with companies expanding across the value chain and into storage rather than consolidating through mergers or exits. Despite ongoing oversupply and financial losses, manufacturers are shifting from volume to quality and differentiated solutions, while market forces increasingly drive competition and future consolidation.
Emiliano Bellini
Jun 08, 2026
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Technology & Products
JinkoSolar launches 700 W TOPCon solar module with 25.91% efficiency Tiger Neo 5.0 uses a high-purity homogeneous silicon substrate, broad-spectrum light-trapping structure, full-area passivation and gap-free cell-array encapsulation to improve conversion efficiency and module-level output.
Vincent Shaw
Jun 03, 2026
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Research & Development
Scientists achieve 27% efficiency in a co-deposited inverted perovskite Scientists in China have developed a new technique to prevent self-assembled molecules from clumping together and degrading co-deposited inverted perovskite cells. The approach enabled the highest certified power conversion efficiency reported for the architecture.
Lior Kahana
Jun 03, 2026