L R AS Published on Wednesday 15 June 2022 - n° 408 - Categories:placing on the market
Various products from Sharp, Jinko, DMEGC, factory in Algeria
Sharp's lightweight, flexible and conveniently sized solar panel has achieved a conversion efficiency of 32.6%.
Sharp's 965 cm² triple-junction solar cell adopts a unique structure that includes three layers of photo-absorption with indium gallium arsenide as the bottom layer, so that sunlight can be efficiently converted into electricity. It weighs just 56 grams (0.58 kg per m²).
It was developed as part of the "Research and Development of Solar Cells for Use in Vehicles" project, which is administered by the Japan New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO).
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JinkoSolar has just received an order for 600 MW of TOPCon N-type panels
https://www.pv-tech.org/jinkosolar-signs-600mw-n-type-panneau-supply-deal/
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China's DMEGC, which delivered 2.4 GW in 2021, plans to ship at least 3 GW of cells and 5 GW of panels, of which 4 GW will be exported.
The lithium battery business depends on profitability, and therefore on upstream material prices. For the moment, net profitability is 10% of sales.
https://www.energytrend.com/news/20220601-28673.html
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A new panel production plant has just opened in Algeria. It has a capacity of 200 MW. It produces panels using M10 and M12 wafers. Initially producing PERC panels, it will later switch to TOPCon technology.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/06/10/new-solar-panneau-factory-in-algeria/
