Akcome stated it is going to make investments CNY 1 billion ($140 million) in an R&D facility and pilot manufacturing plant for HJT perovskite photo voltaic cells in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. The cell producer stated it hopes to speculate one other CNY 600 million to start out industrial manufacturing at an unspecified later stage. Akcome has been researching and gaining expertise within the HJT phase since 2012, reaching an effectivity of 25.7% for an HJT cell at mass-production stage. It presently operates a 6 GW panel manufacturing unit in Huzhou, northern Zhejiang province.

Shuangliang has introduced a brand new non-public placement proposal to boost CNY 2.56 billion. The wafer producer stated it is going to make investments round 63% of the funds in its 38 GW monocrystalline silicon pulling undertaking in Baotou, Interior Mongolia. One other 10% might be dedicated to a hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturing base in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province. The remaining CNY 700 million might be used for working capital.

Yingli Photo voltaic has introduced a 1.25 GW contract for its N-type TOPCon PV modules in Saad 2, a undertaking below improvement by Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Energy. Engineering, procurement and development duties might be dealt with by two items of Energy Building Corp. of China (PowerChina).

JA Photo voltaic stated it has shipped N-type modules for a 240 MW set up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. ACWA Energy and Uzbekistan Joint-Inventory Firm (JSC) Nationwide Electrical Grid of Uzbekistan are growing the undertaking.

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