China has built the world’s largest battery storage fleet in record time. According to a new report from energy think tank Ember, total installed lithium‑ion battery storage capacity reached nearly 150 GW by the first quarter of 2026 – more than half of global BESS capacity, up from just over 20% in 2021. Now, the country is
hina’s battery champions are racing to add capacity as a tightening supply of small-format cells ripples through the global energy storage market. At an online briefing on October 20, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) told investors it was “fully advancing global capacity construction” to meet surging orders. The company’s third-quarter revenue rose 12.9% year on year
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The rapid decrease in lithium ion battery prices seen in previous years is likely to be slowed down in 2025 due to an uptick in battery material costs. These will in turn be partly offset by falling manufacturing costs propelled by economy of scale and efficiency gains, resulting in a flatter price trajectory. According to
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China’s Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration have announced a reduction in the export tax rebate for photovoltaic products. Starting Dec. 1, the rebate for unassembled solar cells (HS Code 85414200) and assembled PV modules (HS Code 85414300) will drop from 13% to 9%. The lowered rebate will reduce refunded taxes for Chinese PV
JinkoSolar said it recorded CNY 47.251 billion of revenue in the first half of 2024 and a net profit attributable to shareholders of CNY 1.2 billion, down 68.77% year on year. It shipped 43.8 GW of PV modules, including 35.9 GW of n-type modules, bringing cumulative n-type shipments to more than 100 GW. It said it
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Global solar inverter provider GoodWe has announced LVSMT-US, a new inverter product line for small C&I solar projects. The inverters are designed to be easily calibrated during commissioning to a range of sizes and voltage outputs, including 22/28kW 208V, 23/30kW at 220V, and 25/32kW at 240V. “The massive convenience that the voltage and capacity flexibility of
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Chinese solar module manufacturer JA Solar has initiated patent infringement proceedings against an unnamed rival module manufacturer before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Germany. The two complaints, filed with the Munich and Hamburg Local Divisions of the UPC, are directed at the competitor’s range of TOPCon solar modules and concern the infringement of JA
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Researchers from the University of Zurich and Wuhan University have assessed how solar energy resources affect social and economic development to reduce poverty in China, using empirical data from the country’s Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation Project (PPAP). Through PPAP, the government provides monetary and material assistance for the installation of PV systems, which then enables poor households to
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Chinese solar module manufacturer Longi has achieved a power conversion efficiency of 27.09% for an HBC solar cell. Germany’s Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) has confirmed the result. Longi said the result was enabled through a new laser graphical process that costs less than conventional high-cost photolithography processes. “This substitution has effectively reduced the cost of the BC
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The dream of solar cell and PV module manufacturing outside of Asia has become increasingly distant. A combination of falling PV module prices and China’s PV module manufacturers allegedly sitting on up to two months’ worth of stock is adding to the maelstrom. Plans for GW-scale PV cell and module production facilities in the US and Europe
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