China Solar PV News Snippets: Grand Sunergy Installs Equipment At 5 GW HJT Module Fab & More
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Grand Sunergy has delivered and installed the first equipment for its 5 GW High-Efficiency HJT PV Module Project in Laizhou, Shandong. (Photo Credit: Grand Sunergy)
Grand Sunergy delivers first equipment to Laizhou 5 GW HJT module fab
Heterojunction (HJT) solar cell and module manufacturer Grand Sunergy has announced that it has delivered and installed the first equipment for its 5 GW High-Efficiency HJT PV Module Project in Laizhou, Shandong. The project, approved in August 2024, will roll out in 3 phases: 1.25 GW, 1.25 GW, and 2.5 GW.
In 2024, Grand Sunergy supported Shandong’s renewable goals with contributions to CGN’s 400 MW offshore PV project and a 600 MW ‘Salt-PV Complementary’ project in Laizhou (see China Solar PV News Snippets). Shandong aims to grow its PV industry to over RMB 30 billion ($4.09 billion) by 2025, with solar cell efficiency exceeding 25%.
LONGi's 2.1 GW solar plant connected to grid
World leading solar manufacturer LONGi has announced that it has fully grid-connected its 2.1 GW solar power project in Yulin City, Shanxi Province. As a key demonstration project co-developed with Hubei Energy, a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Group, the project spans 6 subprojects across 5 counties in Yulin City. It is one of the largest single-capacity solar projects in China, with an annual electricity output of 4.1 billion kWh during the rainy season. LONGi emphasized its collaboration with sand control and vegetation restoration experts, planting vegetation in the solar zones for wind and sand control. Additionally, the planted grass serves as livestock feed, creating economic benefits for local residents.
At the recent TaiyangNews High Efficiency Solar Technologies 2024 Conference, LONGi’s Dante Zeng said the manufacturer plans to stick with the BC platform but is also exploring the HBC+back contact route (see LONGi’s HPBC Inching Closer To 29.4% Theoretical Cell Efficiency Limit).
Huasun to supply HJT modules for 300 MW offshore solar project
HJT solar manufacturer Huasun Energy has been awarded the module supply contract for POWERCHINA's Qinhuangdao Changli 300MW offshore solar PV pilot project. Part of a 1.8 GW project cluster along the Bohai Sea coast, this specific sub-project will use 339.68 MW of Huasun's modules. Huasun will supply its 725 W Himalaya Ocean HJT modules, which it claims are the world's first certified offshore solar modules. The company says these modules are engineered to withstand harsh offshore conditions, including high salt mist corrosion, humidity, UV radiation, and the impacts of sea winds and waves.
Recently, Huasun announced that its 2024 HJT module shipments exceeded 6 GW, taking its cumulative shipments past the 10 GW milestone.
Shouchu Nongxin Group's 1 million-ton solar module recycling project
Major commodity trader Shouchu Nongxin Group has officially entered the PV recycling sector by signing an agreement with the Wusu City Government in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to invest RMB 13 billion ($1.83 billion) in building a complete industrial chain center for crystalline silicon solar module recycling and utilization. The project will also include a corporate headquarters, an R&D center, product manufacturing, and sales base. The company plans to establish 100 standardized crystalline silicon solar module recycling production lines, achieving an annual processing capacity of 1 million tons.
GCL ET to invest in distributed PV projects
GCL Group subsidiary GCL Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (GCL ET) has announced its plans to allocate up to RMB 700 million ($98.47 million) in raised funds to support the implementation of distributed solar PV projects. The funds will be provided as loans to its subsidiaries to accelerate project rollouts, with completion expected by December 2025. These funds were originally part of RMB 3.765 billion ($513.53 million) raised in 2021 through a private placement for a terminated EV battery swapping station project. Following the change in fund allocation, the remaining amount will also support the construction of new energy vehicle charging stations, energy storage stations, and working capital replenishment.