A consortium comprising EDF and JinkoSolar emerges as the leading bidder in Abu Dhabi’s latest solar tender. Abu Dhabi has set a global record-low solar price as authorities confirmed the winning bid in a 2-gigawatt tender. Upon its expected completion in mid-2022, it is slated to be the largest single-site solar energy project in the […]
US Trade Court Sides With Longi, Jinko, REC in Solar Patent Infringement Case
A trade squabble between Hanwha Q Cells and some of the world’s largest PV manufacturers appears to be resolved in the all-important U.S. market. Longi Solar, JinkoSolar and REC Group appear to have emerged victorious from a legal attempt to shut the manufacturers out of the U.S. market. In a complaint filed in March, Hanwha […]
8 Countries (Besides the US) With Solar Under $25 per Megawatt-Hour
Around the world, solar power price records just keep on coming. One of the biggest U.S. solar stories of the summer was developer 8minute’s pricing record of $19.97 per megawatt-hour for a Los Angeles project. The project, which looks set to go ahead following initial union resistance, remains a relatively rare public example of sub-$25 […]
Trump Gets Manufacturing Win as Hanwha Q Cells Opens US Solar Factory
The country’s largest solar production facility officially opens Friday in Georgia, with the Trump administration expected to be in attendance. A representative of the Trump administration and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will converge on Dalton, Georgia on Friday to celebrate a U.S. manufacturing win, as Hanwha Q Cells officially opens its solar module manufacturing facility […]
JinkoSolar Sees Surge of Demand for Bifacial Modules on the Horizon
Bifacial solar technology is riding a wave of optimism following its recent exemption from U.S. import tariffs. China’s JinkoSolar expects bifacial modules to become the “mainstream” choice in the solar market in the coming years, as the technology rides a wave of optimism following its exemption from U.S. import tariffs. Last month the U.S. unexpectedly […]
TÜV Rheinland Presents the LeTID Testing Standard and the World’s First “Energy Yield Rating Label” at SNEC 2019
SHANGHAI : The 13th International Photovoltaic Power Generation and Smart Energy Exhibition & Conference (SNEC) was held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center from June 4-6, 2019. At this influential event for the global PV industry, TÜV Rheinland Group (hereinafter referred to as “TÜV Rheinland”) presented its “Energy Yield Rating Label”, LeTID testing standard, […]
Hanwha Q Cells Trade Complaint Could Further Tighten US Solar Supply
Patent-infringement allegations against rival manufacturers may be overshadowed by other issues in the fast-moving U.S. solar market, but the implications are potentially serious, analysts warn. Distracted by the federal Investment Tax Credit stepdown and a Section 201 hangover, the U.S. solar industry may be underestimating the implications of a legal complaint Hanwha Q Cells filed […]
The Status of US Solar Manufacturing, One Year After Tariffs
On Tuesday, JinkoSolar will officially open its Jacksonville, Florida solar module factory. The Chinese company announced that plant in January of last year, roughly a week after the Trump administration unveiled its final tariffs on crystalline silicon solar cells and modules. It was the first of a string of such announcements as foreign manufacturers stared […]
