NexWafe secures funding to build wafer factory in Germany, announces new factory in Saudi Arabia
German wafer manufacturer Nexwafe is currently trying to commercialize its highly efficient monocrystalline wafer technology.
Falling wafer prices continue to make headway for downstream prices
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Golden Solar, Boamax announce new module factories
Golden Solar has unveiled a plan to set up a new 1.5 GW production line for heterojunction products in the Zhangjiakou Renewable Energy Demonstration Zone. Boamax, meanwhile, said it wants to set up an 18 GW panel factory in Inner Mongolia.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: TBEA set to produce 120,000 MT of polysilicon in 2022
TBEA said it expects to produce 120,000 metric tons (MT) of polysilicon this year and 250,000 MT in 2023, while Daqo has revealed plans for a $700 million share buyback program.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Daqo secures 46,200 MT polysilicon order
Daqo has secured another big polysilicon order and GCL Technology said it expects a profit of CNY 12.7 billion ($1.76 billion) from its solar materials business in the third quarter. Wafer manufacturer Wuxi Shangji Automation, meanwhile, has secured an order from TOPCon panel maker Da-Solar.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Polysilicon price reaches new high at $45.4/kg, government takes action
Average polysilicon prices hit CNY 312 ($45.47)/kg this week, according to an industry association in China. The nation’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the National Energy Administration have also asked regional authorities to take action to deal with the price increase.
India’s Emmvee eyes wafer-to-module production
India’s Emmvee Photovoltaic has a 1.25 GW module manufacturing facility that can produce polycrystalline and mono PERC solar panels, with the ability to upgrade to TOPCon. By the end of 2023, it plans to raise its PV module capacity to 3 GW.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Longi, Shenzhen Energy partner on inverters
Longi has revealed plans to enter the inverter business through a partnership with Shenzhen Energy, while Solarspace has announced plans to open a 16 GW cell factory in Anhui province.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: JinkoSolar commissions 20 GW n-type ingot fab in Qinghai Province
In other news, DAH Solar announced a 5 GW TOPCon solar module factory in Anhui province and Tongwei further raised the prices of its solar cells.
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Big polysilicon deal, new 10 GW solar cell factory
JA Solar has revealed plans to build a 10 GW cell factory in Jiangsu province, while Shuangliang Eco-Energy has agreed to buy 222,5000 metric tons (MT) of polysilicon from Tongwei.
