JinkoSolar begins work on $500 million ingot and wafer facility in Vietnam
Vietnamese media claim the new factory is being built to diversify the company’s supply chain away from China and as an answer to new requirements from western countries and suppliers.
EVE to supply Powin with 1 GW of battery cells
The cells will be used in Powin’s Stack360 storage product, with the first units slated for delivery in later this year.
Sunrise brief: Bill Gates-backed battery startup secures $144m in funding
Also on the rise: LS Power launches Rev Renewables, El Paso Electric issues an RFP for renewables, and Biden’s infrastructure agenda clears one big hurdle but faces still more.
Heliene is adding 100 MW of module production at a new Florida facility
The plant will produce super-high-efficiency heterojunction solar cell modules for residential and commercial applications.
Sunrise brief: TerraGen lines up $800m in financing for a multi-phase solar + storage project
Also on the rise: Two companies petition for Section 201 tariff extension, Morgan Solar introduces a new data tool, and an insurer wants Amazon to pay for a house fire caused by a defective solar generator.
Sunrise brief: Solar+storage gains a solid foothold across the U.S. grid
Also on the rise: Three startups that aim to change the solar and clean tech sectors, battery companies join effort to improve cycling performance, solar PV shipments rose in 2020 as demand grew and costs fell, and more.
Europe had just 650 MW of solar cell manufacturing capacity at the end of 2020
The Photovoltaics Report published by Fraunhofer ISE said that Europe had just 1.25 GW of solar wafer production capacity at the end of 2020.
Tesla sells Maxwell Technologies but keeps its dry cell tech for lithium-ion batteries
Tesla acquired the supercapacitor maker in 2019, but has since moved on and sold the unit to UCAP-Power, while keeping the company’s dry electrode tech.
Sunrise brief: First Solar plans to add still more production capacity as global demand grows
Also on the rise: Startup invents battery breakthrough, Arizona is tapped for a Li-ion battery plant, solar PV shipments were up 33% in 2020 as demand rose and prices fell, and groups press DOE to move TVA off of fossil fuels.
First Solar plans to add 3.3 GW of capacity in new facility in India
The Arizona-based company earlier announced plans to expand its operations in Ohio. All totaled, the company said that its nameplate manufacturing capacity will double to 16 GWdc in 2024.
