U.S. adds 4.6GW of solar in Q3, down 17% YoY On December 13, the Solar Energy Association of America (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie released the "U.S. Solar Energy Market Insights Report for the Fourth Quarter of 2022". %, the decline in data is mainly due to trade barriers and continued supply chain tensions, which continue to drag down the progress of clean energy in the United States; in addition, under the influence of this factor, it is expected that the annual solar installations in the United States in 2022 will drop by 23% compared with 2021. Wood Mackenzie said that the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) has dragged down the recent solar installation plan in the United States and caused the incentive effect of the Reducing Inflation Act (IRA) to be greatly reduced. Separately, the recent decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose anti-circumvention tariffs on solar products in Southeast Asia poses a downside risk to future solar deployments. “America’s clean energy economy is being weighed down by its own trade measures,” said SEIA President and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper. “The solar and energy storage industries are taking aggressive action to establish legal supply chains, but solar supply and trade constraints prevent local manufacturers from producing quickly. The utility-scale, commercial and community solar markets all experienced sequential declines in the third quarter due to supply chain constraints. Segments such as residential solar were less directly impacted, with 1.57GW of new installations, a 43% increase over Q3 2021. "Installations have declined significantly this year due to supply chain constraints," said Michelle Davis, principal analyst and lead author of the report. "As it turned out, the evidence requested by UFLPA became increasingly difficult and time-consuming, further delaying the delivery of equipment to the United States." Wood Mackenzie's forecast sees UFLPA limiting solar deployment until 2023 and dragging down IRA incentives in the short term. The report forecasts that 10.3GW of new utility-scale solar will be installed in 2022, a 40% drop from 2021 production. IRA-driven growth will begin to accelerate by 2024, with annual solar growth averaging 21% between 2023-2027. Despite supply chain constraints on solar market growth, U.S. solar will account for the largest share of all new electricity additions at 45% through the third quarter of 2022, the report shows. Source: SOLARZOOM

Passed the American UL safety standard certification!  Guoxuan High-tech 491MWh overseas energy storage project mass production and delivery Recently, the delivery ceremony for the first batch of containers for the 491MWh overseas large-scale energy storage power station supplied by Guoxuan Hi-Tech was held in Nantong Guoxuan Energy Storage Base, and has been sent overseas as scheduled. The large energy storage container delivered this time uses lithium iron phosphate batteries independently developed and produced by Guoxuan Hi-Tech. The energy storage container combines multiple advantages such as high safety, long cycle life, and convenient maintenance. It systematically solves a number of technical application problems raised by customers, and has passed the US UL safety standard certification, which demonstrates Guoxuan Hi-Tech's product development and High security and originality in design. "Big energy storage" is one of Guoxuan Hi-Tech's business strategies. The successful delivery of this overseas project marks that Guoxuan has reached a new level in energy storage research and development and integration; it has made new breakthroughs in promoting the overseas layout of energy storage business; new milestone. Guoxuan Hi-Tech's energy storage business has an early deployment, rapid development, and leading technology. The company started to enter the energy storage business in 2014. Its products mainly include centralized battery modules and battery clusters, container energy storage systems, distributed micro-grid energy storage outdoor cabinets and household energy storage systems, etc., and have passed Canadian CSA, American UL, TUV Rheinland, South Germany IEC, Japan JET, SGS and many other international market access standard certifications. In recent years, Guoxuan Hi-Tech's energy storage business has developed rapidly. It has reached strategic cooperation with companies such as State Grid, Huaneng Group, Wanneng Group, and SUMEC in China, and has established comprehensive strategic partnerships with companies such as Invenergy, Jinko, and Borrego overseas. . In the future, it will also actively expand the global energy storage market, implement a globalization strategy, and help achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible.

Many people are not unfamiliar with photovoltaic power generation, but they may not be clear about "how much electricity can be generated by a photovoltaic panel" and "how much carbon can be reduced". The reporter came to the world's largest single agricultural photovoltaic hybrid power station located on the east bank of the Yellow River in Yinchuan, Ningxia, to find out. On the vast Gobi, the neatly arranged photovoltaic panels can't be seen at a glance, like a "blue ocean". Under the sunlight, the photovoltaic panels continuously convert the solar energy into electrical energy. Different from traditional photovoltaic power plants, the photovoltaic panels of this power plant can move "by light" like sunflowers, ensuring maximum solar energy absorption and greatly improving power generation efficiency. According to the reporter's understanding, each photovoltaic panel used in this power station has an area of nearly 2 square meters and a capacity of 330W. 556,700 tons of coal were used! At the same time, in order to make comprehensive use of land resources, goji berries are planted under the photovoltaic panels here, building a new photovoltaic industry development model of "multiple uses in one place, complementary agriculture and photovoltaics". The photovoltaic industry is an important direction for my country's green and low-carbon transformation. Over the years, my country's photovoltaic industry has developed rapidly. By 2020, my country's cumulative installed photovoltaic capacity has ranked first in the world for six consecutive years. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, new energy represented by photovoltaics is expected to become the main driving force for my country's energy growth. 

The next generation of technological change! European-made plus-size perovskite-silicon tandem cells Europe will benefit from a new research and innovation (R&I) project aimed at advancing the manufacture and capacity of tandem solar photovoltaic cells on the continent, with a focus on perovskite-silicon tandem cells. The project, called "PEPPERONI", will last for four years and is co-funded by the European Union under the "European Horizon" program (R&I's long-term funding scheme) and the Swiss Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. The PEPPERONI project was launched on November 1 under the coordination of the climate research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and the international solar manufacturer Qcells. Project aims to help push silicon-perovskite technology toward mass manufacturing Qcells said it will build a tandem cell production test line at its European headquarters in Thalheim, Germany, with the ultimate goal of realizing the industrial production of perovskite-silicon tandem cells. The total investment will be around €14.5 million (US$15 million) over the project's four-year lifespan. Qcells also said that PEPPERONI aims to accelerate the achievement of Europe's 2050 net-zero target. The boost in power conversion efficiency that tandem cells can provide exceeds what is practically possible with pure silicon cells, allowing long-term reductions in the levelized cost of electricity and enabling short-term development in areas with limited space, such as rooftops. Fabian Fertig, Director of Global Silicon and Cell R&D at Qcells, said: "Together with global technology partners, Qcells is proud to be part of the PEPPERONI Alliance. This research is expected to lead to new breakthroughs in advancing perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell and module technology. With the current energy system under unprecedented pressure, this is an exciting first step towards the industrialized manufacturing of next-generation photovoltaic technologies in Europe. " The partners at PEPPERONI believe that well-established industry expertise and the falling cost of silicon PV production are the basis for scaling up the production targets for tandem cells. The goal of the PEPPERONI project is to expand the useful area of perovskite-silicon tandem cells from the current record device of 1 cm2 to an industrial size. In July this year, the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) jointly set a new world record for perovskite-silicon tandem photovoltaic cells, reaching 31.3%. Last month, Dutch researchers also announced the unveiling of a perovskite-silicon tandem cell with an efficiency of 30%. Bernd Stannowski, Head of Industrial Compatible Processes, Solar Cells and Modules at the HZB Group, added: "At HZB we have developed a world-record level of efficiency for lab-scale stacking technology. Working with industry partners to scale this very promising new tec...

Heavy! National Energy Administration: Wind and solar projects should be combined as much as possible, early and allowed to be connected to the grid in batches! On November 29, the Comprehensive Department of the National Energy Administration issued a notice on actively promoting the integration of new energy power generation projects as soon as possible and the early integration of related work. , in accordance with the principle of "combining as much as possible and as early as possible", effective measures should be taken for wind power and photovoltaic power generation projects that are eligible for grid connection to ensure timely grid connection.

National Energy Administration: From January to October, the installed capacity of solar power generation nationwide was about 360 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 29.2% On November 22, the National Energy Administration released the national power industry statistics from January to October. As of the end of October, the country's cumulative installed power generation capacity was about 2.50 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%. Among them, the installed capacity of wind power is about 350 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 16.6%; the installed capacity of solar power generation is about 360 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 29.2%. From January to October, the cumulative average utilization of power generation equipment nationwide was 3,083 hours, a decrease of 103 hours over the same period of the previous year. Among them, thermal power was 3,619 hours, a decrease of 52 hours over the same period of the previous year; nuclear power was 6,226 hours, a decrease of 245 hours over the same period of the previous year; and wind power was 1,817 hours, a decrease of 10 hours over the same period of the previous year. From January to October, the power projects of major power generation enterprises in the country completed an investment of 460.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.0%. Among them, solar power generation was 157.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 326.7%. The investment in power grid projects was 351.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.0%.

The IPO of Shenzhen-based PV inverter supplier Growatt has been approved by the Listing Committee of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Growatt may seek to raise about $1 billion through the IPO. If the listing plan is successfully implemented, it will be the fourth largest IPO project on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Founded in 2011, Growatt is an enterprise focusing on sustainable energy generation, storage, consumption and energy digitalization. The company designs, develops and manufactures photovoltaic inverters, energy storage systems, smart energy management systems, etc., and reaches global users through leading sales channels. Growatt firmly implements the development strategy of continuous technological innovation and drives sustainable growth, and always adheres to technological innovation and R&D investment. It has successively established R&D centers in Shenzhen, Xi'an and Huizhou to provide users in different countries and regions with professional distributed energy solutions. Program. Adhering to the globalization strategy, the company has successively established 41 marketing service outlets in more than 20 countries and regions, including Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Thailand, India, and the Netherlands, to provide localized services to global customers. Today, Growatt's business covers more than 160 countries and regions around the world, connecting about 1.5 million households and industrial and commercial end users around the world through the distributed energy ecosystem created by the interactive cloud platform. According to Frost & Sullivan's report: In 2021, Growatt has jumped to become the world's third largest supplier of photovoltaic inverters, ranked by shipments of household photovoltaic inverters and user-side energy storage inverters ranked first in the world. Source: Soochow Photovoltaic Circle

The EU rooftop solar market is constantly evolving and developing. Earlier this year, the European Commission proposed an EU solar roof initiative as part of the REPowerEU initiative. Since then, the solar roof initiative has continued to ferment. Just last month, a coalition of 18 organizations urged EU member states to set requirements for installing solar on all new and refurbished buildings, as well as existing non-domestic buildings. Currently, seven EU countries have mandatory solar energy regulations for refurbished buildings, and nine countries have mandatory solar energy installation regulations for new buildings, reports SolarPower Europe. In this context, more and more EU member states are joining this cohort. The French Senate has approved new legislation that mandates the installation of solar energy in outdoor parking lots, which will boost the development of renewable energy in France. French senator Jean-Pierre Corbisez said that large outdoor car parks with more than 80 parking spaces will be legally required to use solar photovoltaics, which will add 6.7-11GW of solar in the next few years, nearly doubling France's installed solar capacity . As of 2021, France has a solar capacity of 13.2GW. Under the new rules, from July 1, 2023, car parks with at least 80 parking spaces and a maximum of 400 parking spaces will have five years to meet the new requirements, and larger car parks will need to implement changes within three years . Certain exceptions may apply if technical, safety, architectural, historical or environmental constraints prevent solar roof installation. Other measures passed by the law include increased requirements for non-residential roofs - 50% of which must be covered by solar photovoltaics, up from 30% previously. Several proposals around agri-PV have also been adopted, including the removal of asbestos from agricultural roofs to support solar PV, which will be implemented as a pilot measure over the next three years. The French Renewable Energy Trade Association (French: SER) welcomed several provisions proposed by the Senate that would accelerate the development of renewable energy in France.

India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued an announcement to postpone the issuance of final ruling on China-related photovoltaic cells and modules On November 3, 2022, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India issued an announcement that the Ministry of Finance’s office memorandum dated October 31, 2022 mentioned that it accepted its application on October 27, 2022 to postpone the publication of the products originating in or imported from China, The recommendations of the final ruling of the anti-dumping investigations on solar cells and modules in Thailand and Vietnam (Solar Cells whether or not assembled into modules or panels) have been agreed to be extended to November 14, 2022, and will not be extended thereafter. On May 15, 2021, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued an announcement stating that in response to an application submitted by the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA) on behalf of Indian companies Mundra Solar PV Limited, Jupiter Solar Power Limited and Jupiter International Limited, the original Anti-dumping investigations were initiated on photovoltaic cells and modules produced in or imported from China, Thailand and Vietnam. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India has twice applied for an extension of the issuance of the final ruling of the case, from May 15, 2022 to October 31, 2022. Involves products under Indian customs codes 85414011 and 85411012.

Baotou City to carry out the 2022 distributed wind power and distributed photovoltaic project competition work, a total of 85MW On November 7, the People's Government of Baotou City, Inner Mongolia issued the "Announcement on the Competitive Configuration of Distributed Wind Power and Distributed Photovoltaic Power Generation Projects in Baotou City in 2022". In 2022, Baotou City will be equipped with a total of 26MW of distributed wind power and a planned capacity of 59MW of distributed photovoltaic power generation projects, totaling 85MW. Among them, the scope of application of distributed photovoltaic power generation projects this time is only for industrial and commercial distributed photovoltaic power generation projects carried out relying on buildings and facilities, and the application must meet the requirement that the installed capacity of a single access point project does not exceed 6MW. The project should start construction before April 2023, and all projects should be connected to the grid at full capacity before December 31, 2023. This competition does not accept consortium declarations. The person in charge of the declared enterprise is the same person or different enterprises with holding or management relationship, and shall not participate in this competition at the same time.