Chinese solar wafer maker TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy Technology Co. has purchased a majority stake in smaller rival DAS Solar Co., the latest sign of consolidation in an industry wrought by overcapacity and a persistent supply glut.
China’s biggest solar maker has begun producing cells that replace silver with copper, in response to soaring prices of the precious metal that have rattled the industry since last year.
China’s biggest solar maker has begun producing cells that replace silver with copper, in response to soaring prices of the precious metal that have rattled the industry since last year.
China’s President Xi Jinping urged “all-out” disaster prevention and relief efforts after deadly storms hit parts of the country, with a strong typhoon expected to bring more extreme weather to the east this week.
Vehicles partially submerged in water in Fangchenggang, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on July 5. Photographer: Lu Boan/Xinhua/AP
Chinese inverter manufacturer Sungrow Power Supply Co. tumbled on Wednesday following a report that the US regulator is drafting a ban on imports due to national security concerns.
Signage at the Sungrow Power Supply Co. headquarters in Hefei, China. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
China faces greater uncertainty in forecasting energy demand as structural changes in the economy and the rapid expansion of new industries reshape consumption patterns, according to a top government official.
China is leaving room for coal consumption to grow in coming years, as the stability of the world’s largest energy market continues to outweigh climate concerns.
Coal at a sorting and storage facility near the Beilun Port in Ningbo, China.
Jinko Solar Co., one of the top five solar manufacturers in China, is looking to recoup expenses this year, as government measures alleviate the chronic overcapacity that has plunged the sector into more than two years of deep losses.
Solar panels at the Dhafra solar power plant near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. In June, Masdar and Taqa, the Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., began commercial operations at the 2-gigawatt Dhafra solar plant, developed with partners Jinko Power Co. and Electricite de France SA’s renewables arm and formally inaugurated it on Thursday. Photographer: Natalie Naccache/Bloomberg
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. expects 10,000 to 20,000 electric vehicles to carry its sodium-ion batteries this year, a senior official for the Chinese company said.
A CATL sodium-ion battery model. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. has launched a new sodium battery storage system, slated for initial delivery in China this September, as the battery giant aims to further ramp up sodium battery capacity amid growing energy storage needs from data centers.
One of China’s top coal-producing regions plans to expand use of the feedstock to manufacture chemicals, even as the practice poses a rising threat to the country’s climate goals.
An open pit coal mine in Narisong county, Inner Mongolia. Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg
China’s solar industry is tacitly admitting something it has feared for years: it doesn’t know how to escape chronic overcapacity that has weighed on profits.
China’s solar industry is tacitly admitting something it has feared for years: it doesn’t know how to escape chronic overcapacity that has weighed on profits.