Solar Power
CATL in talks to buy PV module supplier DAS Solar, report says
CATL is in talks to buy photovoltaic module supplier DAS Solar, which ranked No. 8 globally in PV module shipments in the first half of this year, according to local media.
Nio forms strategic partnership with solar module maker Astronergy
Neither Nio nor Astronergy have released details about the partnership. A reasonable guess is that Nio may install photovoltaic panels on the roofs of more battery swap stations.
Nio signs partnership deal with solar panel maker Longi
Nio's fourth-generation battery swap stations will be equipped with 60 square meters of photovoltaic systems, which will save nearly 18,000 kWh of electricity per year per station.
Jinko Solar says over 50% of its electricity comes from clean energy at 14 sites worldwide
Jinko Solar has achieved 100 percent green power in production at three of its sites.
Chinese team develops EV powered solely by solar energy
The EV has 8.1 square meters of solar panels and generates a maximum of 7.6 kWh of electricity per day on a sunny day.
Tesla Giga Austin reportedly using solar panels from China's Longi
Longi is the world's largest photovoltaic company by market capitalization, and it actually has some competition with Tesla in its field.
Xpeng starts generating electricity from solar panels on its Zhaoqing plant roof, providing 30% of its production power
The project is expected to generate an average of 21.33 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year, equivalent to the power used by more than 50,000 people for one year.
Nio signs deal to turn its swap stations into distributed photovoltaic power plants
By the time Nio reaches its goal of having 3,000 swap stations in China by 2025, the total capacity of these facilities will be 300MW of PV power.
China to pilot rooftop distributed PV power generation in 676 counties
The counties will conduct a county-wide pilot of rooftop distributed PV power generation.
Solar panel maker Trina Solar says its cells have set world record for efficiency
Trina Solar said the cell has achieved an efficiency of 23.56 percent, setting a new world record for mass production efficiency of 210 large-area industrial P-type monocrystalline silicon PERCs.
