China’s Companies Enter the International Solar Market
April 20, 2011 No CommentsAfter becoming the official sponsor of FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010, Yingli Group opened their doors to the African market.
After becoming the official sponsor of FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010, Yingli Group opened their doors to the African market.
According to Dongfang Daily, some PV companies are still careful with the PV market. Based on a recent Dongfang Daily survey, many PV companies think that the influence of Japan’s nuclear disaster is limiting the PV market.
On April 11th, JA Solar began to build its new solar energy base at Hefei City in Anhui province. This project is the world’s largest integrated solar energy production base with 3 GW capacity
Linzhou Zhongji Company (LZZJ) announced on April 8th, 2011 that they will set up PV modules on workshop roofs. The total installed capacity is 10 MW.
Ningxia is going to invest 14 billion RMB to build twenty-nine new energy projects in 2011. These projects will be distributed mainly in the desertification area.
March was supposed to be the selling season for PV module manufacturers. But the decrease in price and the amount of orders put Chinese PV companies in a predicament.
On April 6th, 2011, 3M signed a contract with Hefei City to set up a production base in the high-tech zone of Hefei City.
Beijing Yiguangda Technology Development Co., Ltd (Yiguangda Technology) will invest 2.5 billion RMB to set up a new company to develop a GW solar cell project.
At the end of March, an investor told China Business that several Golden Sun projects were paused indefinitely. This is mainly due to the hesitance in some solar companies.
LDK Solar, which is based in Jiangxi province, announced on April 1st that they bought 70% of Solar Power Inc.’s (SPI) stakes worth nearly $33 million USD.