LONGi Releases Q1 2021 and Full Year 2020 Results Updated On Thu, Apr 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy Chinese solar PV manufacturer LONGi has released its 2020 annual report to shareholders across the world, displaying a steady growth in revenue and a substantial rise in global shipments. During 2020, the company continued with its customer value oriented approach, providing reliable and efficient products and services to the market. According to the annual report, LONGi […] Read more
New Surge in Downstream Demand has Driven the Polysilicon Shortage to a Crisis Point – JinkoSolar Updated On Sat, Apr 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy In an official statement, the global vice president of Chinese solar manufacturer JinkoSolar, Dany Qian, said that polysilicon prices are not expected to drop for at least six months. The company’s general manager for South & Central Asia, Daniel Liu, stated that Jinko is not backing out from any of the signed deals with its […] Read more
LONGi Clarifies: Didn’t End Contracts With Indian Power Developers Updated On Fri, Apr 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy In response to recent reports suggesting that Chinese PV manufacturer LONGi, among other solar developers, had withdrawn from signed contracts with Indian power developers due to increasing commodity prices, the company issued a clarification stating that this information being passed around was false and that no such contracts had been terminated. The company claims that […] Read more
Solar Startup Greenland Plans 5 GW PV Mfg Plant in Spain Updated On Thu, Apr 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy Spanish startup Greenland is partnering with Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and Bosch Rexroth to set up a 5GW vertically integrated solar module factory in Spain, which will be built and operated in the free trade zone of the port of Seville in Andalusia. Fraunhofer ISE, the research institute, will contribute in the capacity of […] Read more
With 25% Renewable Target for 2025, Solar In China Has a Smooth Run Ahead Updated On Tue, Apr 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy China’s national energy regulator NEA has released a consultation paper where it aims to raise the share of wind & Solar power in total power consumption to 11% in 2021 and 16.5% in 2025. Their combined share in 2020 was 9.7%. as we have reported earlier, combined with the long term target to 40 percent […] Read more
China vs US: The New Battle for Energy Supremacy Updated On Tue, Apr 13th, 2021 by Saurenergy At his first news conference since taking office, US President Joe Biden had said in March that he would outspend China on innovation and infrastructure so that the latter’s dream of superseding the US to become the most powerful and wealthiest country would not come to fruition, at least not on “his watch.” The President’s […] Read more
Progress On Aluminium Based Storage Batteries Updated On Wed, Apr 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy In recent time, capturing solar energy has been becoming quite affordable, but the cost and technology to store it, given that its supply is irregular, has not kept pace. Now, scientists at Cornell University in the US have developed cheap and long-lasting batteries using aluminium, a low-cost alternative that is abundant and has a well […] Read more
Even As Solar Glass Prices Retreat, Price Pressures To Continue On Modules in 2021 Updated On Wed, Apr 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy The year 2020 was highly profitable for solar glass manufacturers everywhere. Not because they sold more, but because they could get much higher prices for their output. After being range bound for all of 2019 and right upto August 2020 between RMB 25-27 (1 RMB = Rs 11.3), solar glass prices shot up to a […] Read more
The BCD Calculus: Will It Deliver The Right Outcomes? Updated On Thu, Mar 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy As expected, once it did arrive, India’s Basic Customs Duty (BCD) plan for solar cells and equipment has managed to create just the sort of furore that the government claims it seeks to avoid. After all, for once, this was a decision that was long in coming, with intent having been announced last year itself, […] Read more