Integrated PV manufacturer Trinasolar has supplied 1 GW of modules for the 3 GW Jiuduntan PV desert-control demonstration project in Wuwei, Gansu province. Located in the Tengger Desert, the RMB 9.1 billion project combines solar power development with ecological restoration by installing straw checkerboard sand barriers between PV arrays and planting drought-tolerant desert vegetation.
Trinasolar supplied its Vertex N modules, rated above 700 W, based on its i-TOPCon Ultra cell technology. According to the company, the modules feature a bifacial, dual-glass design suited to the desert’s large temperature variations and windy, sandy conditions. Once completed, the project is expected to generate around 5 billion kWh annually and support desertification control and ecological restoration across more than 47 km².
Besides TOPCon, Trinasolar is also working on perovskite/perovskite/crystalline-silicon triple-junction solar cells, recently reporting that it achieved 32.22% efficiency (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
The Cyberspace Administration of China, the National Development and Reform Commission, and five other government agencies issued an implementation plan for 2026-2030 to help computing facilities and other key sectors meet their respective provinces’ renewable electricity consumption responsibility weights by 2030.
The plan promotes coordination between computing capacity and power systems, balancing computing facilities’ green electricity demand with renewable energy consumption needs and encouraging computing resources to cluster in regions rich in solar, wind, and hydropower. It prioritizes technologies and standards for coordinated computing-power dispatch, direct green power connections, and high-efficiency, long-duration, and large-capacity new-type energy storage. It also calls for green electricity and green certificate trading and increased renewable electricity use in computing facilities.
The plan further calls for wider use of distributed PV and energy storage in urban energy systems, as well as green energy generation and differentiated backup-power configurations at telecom base stations.
Chinese power connector manufacturer Goneo Group has announced the acquisition of solar and energy storage inverter manufacturer Afore New Energy, aiming to add Afore’s R&D capabilities and overseas distribution channels as it expands its integrated solar-storage-charging-power distribution business.
Founded in 2010, Afore produces grid-connected PV inverters, hybrid energy storage inverters, all-in-one residential energy storage systems, and monitoring systems, with operations spanning more than 60 countries and regions.
Goneo Group has expanded into residential and C&I energy storage in recent years. Its product portfolio includes a 125 kW/261 kWh liquid-cooled C&I energy storage cabinet, while the company is also building capabilities in core technologies including PCS, BMS, and EMS.
The Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has outlined plans to promote renewable energy applications across the building sector during the 15^th Five-Year Plan period, including pilot applications of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and Photovoltaics, Energy Storage, Direct Current, and Flexibility (PEDF) technologies.
The plan calls for strict implementation of dual controls on renewable energy use and PV installation area in new buildings, while prioritizing R&D into technologies for efficient renewable energy use and flexible electricity consumption. Shanghai also plans to complete energy-efficiency upgrades covering more than 50 million m² of existing buildings during the period and aims for new civil buildings to meet the three-star green-building standard, accounting for an average of 20%. It will also accelerate the development and promotion of standards for ultra-low-energy and near-zero-energy buildings.
PV glass manufacturer Flat Glass Group reported revenue of RMB 6.67 billion for the first half (H1) of 2026, down 13.81% year-on-year. Net profit attributable to shareholders swung to a loss of RMB 363.02 million from a profit of RMB 261.09 million a year earlier, while net profit excluding non-recurring items also swung to a loss of RMB 376.49 million.
Flat Glass Group attributed the downturn mainly to overcapacity and changing demand conditions in the PV glass industry, which pushed product prices close to cash-cost levels. Against this backdrop, and with some production lines suspended, the company recorded asset impairment losses of approximately RMB 201 million.
As of the end of June, the company had 1.5 million-tonne-per-year PV glass manufacturing facilities under construction in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, while a 1 million-tonne-per-year facility in Indonesia remained in the preparation stage.
In March, the company reported FY2025 revenue of RMB 15.57 billion and an attributable net profit of RMB 981 million (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
TaiyangNews 2024

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