MeyerBurger Drops US Cell Manaufacturing Plans Citing Viability Updated On Tue, Aug 27th, 2024 by Saurenergy In a development that seemed to surprise some, Swiss solar manufacturer Meyer Burger announced on August 26 that it was suspending planned construction of a silicon solar cell production facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Meyer Burger cited financial viability as a reason for the decision. The company had first announced plans for a cell factory […] Read more
BC Jindal Group To Enter Renewable Sector With 5 GW Target Updated On Thu, Aug 22nd, 2024 by Saurenergy The Rs 18,000 crore BC Jindal Group, has announced its foray into India’s renewable sector today. The group has announced plans to invest around US $ 2.5 billion in this sector in the next 5 years. The group becomes the latest to make a strong commitment to the sector, attracted by its green credentials as […] Read more
Italy To Add GW Plus HJT Manufacturing With Chinese Specialist Huasun Updated On Tue, Aug 6th, 2024 by Saurenergy Italy, one of the few European countries with a long history of solar manufacturing, is set to add a further GW plus of manufacturing for Wafers, cells and modules, using HJT (Heterojunction) Technology. The deal was signed between local player BEE Solar and Chinese HJT specialist, Huasun Energy. HJT, widely perceived as the more expensive […] Read more
News Briefs July 31- Chinese Manufacturers Make Global Moves Updated On Wed, Jul 31st, 2024 by Saurenergy From Jinko in Spain to Drinda in Oman, or Power China in the UAE, it’s been a week when China’s many solar manufacturers have made big moves globally to align themselves to emerging opportunities and challenges. Earlier last week, Saudi Arabia’s PIF fund had also announced some major manufacturing plans for the kingdom with leading […] Read more
Spain Moves To Build Solar Supply Chain, Energy Storage Manufacturing Updated On Wed, Jul 31st, 2024 by Saurenergy Spain, one of the most well placed countries in Europe for Solar power, crossed the 25 GW mark for installed solar capacity in 2023. Now, the Spanish government is moving to ensure a significant part of future additions come from domestically produced panels, besides the next big growth area, energy storage as well. The energy […] Read more
Oman Attracts 10 GW Module/Cell Facility From Q-Sun Updated On Tue, Jul 30th, 2024 by Saurenergy Countries in West Asia continue to focus on solar capacity as well as manufacturing with some success. The latest to join the manufacturing bandwagon in the sun drenched region is Oman, where Chinese solar manufacturer Q-Sun Solar has signed a deal to develop a 10GW n-type solar module and cell manufacturing facility. According to Q-Sun, […] Read more
China Overcapacity ‘Overrated’, Say China Researchers Updated On Tue, Jul 16th, 2024 by Saurenergy Ju Jiandong, Director of the Center for International Finance and Economic Research at PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University and Feng Lu, Assistant Researcher with the Center for International Finance and Economic Research at PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University make the case that overcapacity in the green energy sector is a temporary […] Read more
90% Solar Manufacturing Is Concentrated In 5 Developing Countries, Says Report Updated On Mon, Jun 24th, 2024 by Saurenergy A recent report by REN21 found solar manufacturing to be concentrated geographically in just five countries, which are estimated to produce more than 90% of the global capacity for producing solar modules. These countries are namely reported to be, China which leads with around 80% of overall solar PV manufacturing capacity, followed by Vietnam, India, […] Read more
Low Solar Prices In China-The Indian Perspective Updated On Thu, Jun 20th, 2024 by Saurenergy Spending time at SNEC PV last week at Shanghai in China, one couldn’t help but wonder about the end game as far as current low solar prices go. For starters, despite the stubbornness of the Indian government when it comes to offering a friendly, or even reciprocal approach to the Chinese, that is still missing […] Read more
