Polysilicon Woes in Solar PV Markets to End Within 18 Months: Rethink Updated On Tue, Feb 8th, 2022 by Saurenergy The solar squeeze of 2021 will be ended by a surge of new polysilicon production capacity coming online in the next two years, according to new research from Rethink Energy. In the paper, Polysilicon Manufacturing forecast to 2030, the research firm outlines how fears that we may have passed the trough of solar costs during […] Read more
Risen Energy Invests in Cell and Module Expansion Updated On Mon, Feb 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy Chinese solar panel manufacturer Risen Energy has announced that the company and Ningbo South Coastal Economic Development have inked an agreement for a 15 GW N-type ‘Ultra-Low-Carbon High-efficiency’ hetero-junction cells factory and a 15 GW ‘high-efficiency’ solar module production facility. As per the company, the quest will incur a total investment of $2.39 billion, of […] Read more
US Tariff Extension on solar products hurts energy goals: China Updated On Mon, Feb 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Biden administration in the U.S. has extended Trump-era tariffs on imported solar products for four years but made changes to exempt many more products from the levies, such as the more modern bifacial panels, which are key for Biden’s climate agenda because they are the most efficient and will be increasingly used in large […] Read more
Italy Renewables Problem Continues; Wind Energy Auction Highly Undersubscribed Updated On Thu, Feb 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy The conundrum of Italy’s renewable sector continues unabatedly as it’s evident from the results of its latest renewables auction published. The Italian government had about 3,300 MW of renewable energy on offer. This also included the non-awarded capacity from the previous auction which also witnessed under-subscription. The travesty continued this time too and the government […] Read more
Energy Vault Inks $100 M Deal to Deploy its Energy Storage Tech in China Updated On Wed, Feb 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Swiss energy storage firm Energy Vault has announced a License and Royalty agreement for renewable energy storage with Atlas Renewable and their majority investor China Tianying, an international environmental management and waste remediation corporation engaged in smart urban environmental services, resource recycling and recovery, and zero-carbon clean energy technologies. The agreement supports the deployment of […] Read more
200 GW Milestone Beckons For Solar Additions in 2022, Cheaper With Extra Storage, Says BNEF Updated On Wed, Feb 2nd, 2022 by Saurenergy Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has predicted that the year 2022 will see the 200 GW milestone in a year for solar crossed for the first time. In 2021, photovoltaic systems with a combined capacity of 183 GW were installed across the globe, a 40 GW jump over 2020. The 2021 figures also came in […] Read more
Wacker Chemie Rides Polysilicon Boost To Double Sales in 2021 Updated On Tue, Feb 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy One of the earliest global polysilicon manufacturers, German chemical group Wacker Chemie made the most of the massive surge in demand, and prices for key solar raw material polysilicon in 2021, which hit a decade high during the year. The firm doubled its polysilicon sales boosting earnings even as it coped with higher raw material […] Read more
Sungrow Gets a Role At The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Updated On Sat, Jan 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy Sungrow, the leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, has announced that the Company supplied string inverter solutions to the PV plant installed on the rooftop of the National Speed Skating Oval (known as “The Ice Ribbon”) in Beijing. The venue will host speed skating during the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games. This marks a significant […] Read more
Longi, Trina, JA Solar Lead Global Module Suppliers in 2021 Updated On Thu, Jan 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy An analysis by PV InfoLink, a Taiwan based global photovoltaic analysis agency, the global module shipment ranking for 2021 is out. Topline results indicate that Canadian Solar(5), Q Cells (9) and First Solar(7) are the only non-Chinese firms in the top 10. The latest ranking is based on PV InfoLink’s supply and demand database. In […] Read more