New soda ash factory in China to reduce solar glass prices
Inner Mongolia Berun Group recently inaugurated a new soda ash factory in China. pv magazine spoke about the impact of the new facility on solar glass prices with Marguerite Morrin, research director for OPIS’ Chemical Market Analytics. She said the facility will produce natural soda ash, which is cheaper than synthetic soda ash.
US solar glass provider to expand production by 6 GW
Canadian Premium Sand says it will expand production to provide its solar panel glass to Qcells, Meyer Burger, and Heliene, each of which has signed large supply agreements.
Borosil Renewables unit ramps up German solar glass capacity
Borosil Renewables says the solar glass capacity of its German unit, GMB Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg GmbH, has increased to 350 tons per day (tpd) from 300 tpd, following the modification of its furnace.
Cadmium telluride PV windows for domestic hot water production
Romania-based startup Photovoltaic Windows has developed an off-grid domestic hot water system powered by cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic semi-transparent glasses. It claims a 0.7 kW pilot installation on an apartment balcony in Bucharest resulted in annual savings of €1,100 ($1,202).
Alliaverre to produce solar glass in France
Alliaverre wants to move a 600 MW solar glass plant to Amiens, France, to reduce European customer delivery times, as it faces rising shipping prices and manufacturing constraints in Asia.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Rising polysilicon prices, new 5 GW HJT cell factory
Wind power specialist Mingyang Smart Energy has revealed plans to build a 5 GW heterojunction module factory in China’s Jiangsu province, while TBEA has said it intends to raise its majority stake in Xinte Energy from 62% to 67%.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Giant solar-plus-storage project in the Kubuqi Desert
The 2 GW plant is expected to be connected to a storage facility with a capacity of 300 MW/600 MWh. Elsewhere, manufacturers Longi, Jinko, Trina Solar and Chint were the winners of a 5.5 GW solar panel procurement tender held by the China Energy Investment Corporation.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Financials for Longi, Xinte, Solargiga, Irico, Golden Solar
Longi posted a net profit of $773 million in the first half of the year after shipping 17 GW of modules. Xinte reported a net result of $190 million and Solargiga saw its revenue increase significantly.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Trina shipped 10.5 GW of modules in H1
Moreover, the Chint group said its PV plant fleet in China has reached a combined capacity of 6.54 GW and project developer China Shuifa Singyes said high polysilicon prices and Covid restrictions had caused a revenue drop.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Shandong province wants to deploy another 35 GW of PV over the next five years
In addition, JA Solar was able to ship 10 GW of modules in the first six months of the year and raise RMB5 billion for new production capacity.
