Interview: JinkoSolar CEO discusses half-cut cell technology
Kangping Chen, the CEO of Chinese solar manufacturer JinkoSolar, speaks to pv magazine about the company’s solar technology development, the efficacy of half-cut solar cells, and the future of the PV industry.
German custom authorities uncovers fraud involving solar modules from China
More than €30 million in anti-dumping and countervailing duties could have been circumvented by a German company importing modules from China, according to the German custom authorities.
Suniva, SolarWorld double down on trade proposals
As the first half of the Section 201 remedy hearing comes to a close, Suniva and SolarWorld have made a case for a combination of tariffs and either quotas or a 74-cent minimum module price, and foreign governments have sought exemptions.
JinkoSolar claims new 22.04% efficiency record
Chinese PV group JinkoSolar has reached a conversion efficiency of 22.04% with its practical-sized (245.83 cm2) P-type multi-crystalline silicon solar cells, which it claims is a new world record.
Jinko, Longi neck and neck in H1 Chinese module shipments
Financial reports from PV manufacturers and shipment numbers from the first half indicate high market demand.
ReneSola posts Q2 results, outlines restructuring plan
ReneSola has recorded a net loss of $31.5 million for the second quarter of 2017, from a loss of $23.2 million in the first three months of the year.
ReneSola to sell all shares in solar manufacturing business to CEO
Share purchase and subscription agreement struck by the Chinese solar company will see 100% of all share capital related to its manufacturing and LED distribution business transferred to the CEO, Xianshou Li, as part of firm’s restructuring.
Solargiga invests $52.8m in new China ingot and wafer fab
Solargiga is ramping up its production capacity for monocrystalline silicon ingot and monocrystalline silicon wafers at a new factory in Quijing, China. Expansion undertaken alongside subsidiary Jinzhou Yangguang Energy.
Hanergy to provide thin-film solar panels to MTbike
China’s Hanergy Holding has signed a CNY 300 million ($45.5 million) strategic agreement with bike-sharing company MTbike, following several other agreements it has recently concluded to generate power with firms in the transportation industry.
Yingli Green Energy posts major shipments increase in Q2
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, one of the world’s leading solar panel manufacturer, has announced its financial results for Q2 of 2017, which ended June 30, 2017.
