Vincent Shaw

China’s first zero-carbon highway, the 152.7 km Jinan-Hefei Highway, has opened for traffic, featuring renewable energy systems, advanced tracking technology, and design elements aimed at cutting net carbon emissions by 9,000 tons per year.

SinoLink Securities says aluminum frames now dominate solar panel costs, as material price shifts reshape the PV industry’s cost structure and drive the need for innovation.

Indonesia locked in $7.46 billion in investment commitments during a recent state visit to China, including $5 billion from Hongshi Group for a solar-focused industrial park.

Xinyi Solar says it expects a 70% to 80% profit decline for the year ending Dec. 31, 2024, due to low market prices, higher plant suspension costs, and inventory writedowns.

The lawsuit, filed at the Düsseldorf District Court in Germany in 2023, was aimed at Tongwei Solar and its subsidiary Tongwei Solar GmbH. Maxeon claimed that Tongwei infringed on its European Patent No. EP3522045 B1 for shingled solar cell panel technology.

China’s Haitian Group has agreed to acquire Heraeus’ photovoltaic silver paste business for $686 million, including 100% equity in Heraeus Photovoltaics (Shanghai), Heraeus Photovoltaic Technology (Shanghai), and Heraeus Photovoltaics Singapore.

JinkoSolar has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Longi over tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell technology, with the first hearing scheduled for Feb. 13, 2025.

The CalLab at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) has independently verified the record result.

Chinese module maker GCL SI has expanded into back contact (BCI solar cell production with its first 660 W BC module, featuring tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology.

China Huadian Corp. has launched an 18 GW inverter procurement tender seeking string inverters 300 kW and above, with 1,500 V DC input voltage and 10% overload capacity. Bidding starts on Feb. 6, 2025.