China’s Photovoltaic Industry Snapshot: Trina to Supply Trackers for 875 MW of Qatar Solar Plants

Trina Solar and Samsung C&T have inked an 875 MW tracker supply agreement for Qatar's new "IC Solar" project, while Chint plans to sell up to 8 GW of residential PV assets by 2023's end.

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Trina Tracker, a subsidiary of Trina Solar, has signed an 875 MW solar tracker supply deal with Samsung C&T for Qatar’s largest solar installation, the “industrial cities solar project” (IC Solar). The deal for 13,849 Trina Vanguard 2P solar trackers will include two PV plants, including a 417 MW installation in Mesaieed Industrial City and a 458 MW installation in Ras Laffan Industrial City. Each is anticipated to commence commercial operations by the end of 2024.

In an effort to consolidate its assets and enhance its business model, Chint has announced that it will sell up to 8 GW of residential solar assets by the end of 2023. The largest private investor in C&I and residential solar assets in China is Chint.

Huasun said that it sent 50 MW of its G12 Himalayan heterojunction (HJT) solar panels to China’s largest HJT solar facility in Weifang, Shandong province, which was just turned on.

At its facility in Chuzhou, Zhejiang province, Haiyuan Material will spend CNY 8.02 billion ($1.1 billion) in 15 GW of new solar cell production capacity and 3 GW of supporting manufacturing lines. The first phase would consist of 10 GW of TOPCon cell lines worth 4.47 billion RMB. The second phase will contain 5 GW of HJT cell lines and 3 GW of PV panel capacity at an expenditure of 3.55 billion Chinese Yuan. The business anticipates having 4 GW of TOPCon cell capacity operational by the end of September 2023.

Longi Solar asserts that its gallium-doped, p-type HJT solar cell has a record-breaking efficiency rating of 26.56%. It also claimed to have attained an efficiency rating of 26.09% for an indium-free HJT cell. Both of the new cells are M6 wafer-based.