Solar Industry Expects Loss of 88,000 Jobs in U.S. Next Year if Suniva gets trade protections: SEIA Updated On Fri, Jun 16th, 2017 by Saurenergy Despite Suniva’s claims that its move is meant to protect domestic manufacturing, SEIA found that U.S. solar manufacturing jobs will actually decline if the petition is granted. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) recently said that an estimated 88,000 jobs, about one-third of the current American solar workforce, would be lost if Suniva gets trade […] Read more
JA Solar supplies modules for the world’s largest floating solar power plant in China Updated On Fri, Jun 16th, 2017 by Saurenergy The largest floating solar power plant in China was connected in May 2017, and has the capacity to provide most of the light and air conditioning to a nearby city. The mono double-glass modules used in the project were all manufactured by JA Solar. JA Solar has announced that it has supplied modules for the […] Read more
Viz-A-Viz with Xiande Li | Chairman | JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. Updated On Thu, Jun 15th, 2017 by Saurenergy JinkoSolar recently completed financial agreements for 1,177 MW Sweihan PV Power Project in Abu Dhabi, this is not the company’s first participation in a large international bid of the highest level, JinkoSolar has already bagged 250MW project in Mexico and 94MW in Argentina. However, this Abu Dhabi project is of 1.177 GW so what does […] Read more
GCL-SI Achieves Efficiency of 20.6% for its Multi-crystalline PERC Solar Cells Updated On Wed, Jun 14th, 2017 by Saurenergy “GCL-SI will further advance towards the goal of realizing an average efficiency of 20.5% and a maximum efficiency of PERC solar cells somewhere between 20.8% and 21% in 2017” GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced that it has achieved efficiency breakthrough of 20.1% for Passivated Emitter Rear Cell (PERC) in mass production by […] Read more
JA Solar Establishes New Subsidiary in Brazil Updated On Tue, Jun 13th, 2017 by Saurenergy The JA Solar Brazil office is expected to start operating in early July. JA Solar has established a presence in Brazil with the launch of its subsidiary JA Solar Brazil Ltd (“JA Solar Brazil”). JA Solar has been operating in Brazil since 2015 and seen significant growth in the Distributed Generation (DG) market, which requires […] Read more
JinkoSolar Signs Cooperation Agreement for 187 MW Solar PV Modules with Quantum Power in Japan Updated On Tue, Jun 13th, 2017 by Saurenergy JinkoSolar’s 187 MW solar PV modules will be delivered to three projects of Quantum Power in Japan located in Ibaraki, Gunma and Mie prefecture. JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a global leader in the solar PV industry has announced that its Japan subsidiary (Jinko Japan) has entered into an 187MW Cooperation Agreement with Quantum Power GK, […] Read more
RenewSys Launches Production of India’s First 5 BB Solar Cells, Completes Ramp up of its Cell Line Updated On Mon, Jun 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy RenewSys will start commercial production of its 5BB Solar PV Panels/Modules from July 2017 onwards. RenewSys, India’s first & only integrated manufacturer of Solar PV Modules & its components- Encapsulants, Backsheets and PV Solar Cells, became the first Indian company to launch the production of five Bus Bar (BB) Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Cells. The 5BB […] Read more
Vikram Solar hits 1GW solar module production capacity milestone Updated On Mon, Jun 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy Vikram Solar is planning to further increase the solar module production capacity to 2 GW by 2020. Indian solar module manufacturing giant Vikram Solar has announced that it has reached 1 gigawatt production capacity milestone. In doing so, the company is contributing to the Indian government’s target of reaching 100 GW of installed solar energy […] Read more
Vivint Solar to Relaunch Residential Solar Energy Services in Nevada Updated On Fri, Jun 9th, 2017 by Saurenergy Vivint Solar closed its operations in Nevada in 2015 following regulation that changed solar net energy metering rules and the state’s primary utility reaching its net metering cap Vivint Solar has announced that it plans to re-enter the Nevada market to bring its affordable residential solar systems to residents. Vivint Solar announced its intention to […] Read more
