QatarEnergy has announced that it will build a new solar power mega project that will more than double the State of Qatar’s solar energy production, significantly contributing to lower carbon emissions in the framework of a realistic energy transition. The new project will boost Qatar’s PV solar power production capacity to about 4,000 megawatts by building one of the world’s largest solar power plants in the Dukhan area, with a production capacity of 2,000 megawatts.   The announcement was made by His Excellency Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, during a press conference held at the headquarters of QatarEnergy in Doha.His Excellency Minister Al-Kaabi said: “I am pleased to announce that, in line with our Sustainability Strategy, we will more than double our solar power production capacity to about 4,000 megawatts by 2030 through the world-scale, 2,000 megawatt Dukhan Solar Power Plant.”H.E. Minister Al-Kaabi said: “I would like to emphasize that developing solar power plants is one of Qatar’s most crucial initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions, develop sustainability projects, and diversify electricity production, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by more than 4.7 million tons per annum.”The new solar project will be added to QatarEnergy’s solar power portfolio, which includes the existing Al-Kharsaah solar power plant, which was inaugurated in 2022 with a capacity of 800 megawatts of electricity, and to two solar power projects that QatarEnergy is building in Ras Laffan and Mesaieed industrial cities with a total production capacity of 875 megawatts, and which are expected to start production before the end of this year.With the addition of the new Dukhan Solar Power Plant, QatarEnergy’s portfolio of solar power projects in Qatar will reach a capacity of about 4,000 megawatts by the year 2030. This represents approximately 30% of Qatar’s total electrical power production capacity.Minister Al-Kaabi concluded his remarks by expressing sincere thanks and gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Amir of the State of Qatar, for his wise leadership and the continued support of Qatar’s energy sector.

On August 30, the trial production and debugging of N-type high-efficiency battery cells was completed at the Dangyang base of Zhongqing, making it the second production base of Zhongqing with N-type high-efficiency battery cell production capacity after the Xinyi base.   The Zhongqing Dangyang Base is the first 10 billion project in Dangyang City, Yichang, Hubei. The project is located in Shuanglian Industrial Park, Dangyang City, covering an area of ​​about 609 acres. The project is divided into two parts. The first part of the base is a photovoltaic full industry chain intelligent manufacturing project with a total investment of 6 billion yuan. It will be built in two phases, mainly to build 5GW high-efficiency photovoltaic cells, 5GW photovoltaic modules and 10GW photovoltaic material production lines; the other part is a million-level source-grid-load-storage new energy security base project with a total investment of 12 billion yuan. It is understood that the project was signed on January 28, 2022, and the first phase of the 2GW photovoltaic module production line was completed and put into production in May 2022; the second phase of the 5GW photovoltaic cell and 3GW photovoltaic module project was launched in January 2023 and is scheduled to be completed and put into production by the end of 2023.

China Gansu Net, September 5th, according to Gansu Daily (New Gansu, Gansu Daily reporter Du Xueqin), on the morning of September 2nd, the groundbreaking ceremony for the 3,000-megawatt photovoltaic project in Liangzhou District of Gansu Power Investment Group's Tengger Desert Base was held at the Gansu Power Investment Group Jiuduntan Photovoltaic Sand Control Demonstration Park. The start of the project marks the full launch of the 6,000-megawatt new energy project for self-use in the Tengger Desert Base of Gansu Power Investment Group. The 6,000-megawatt new energy project for self-use in the Tengger Desert Base of Gansu Power Investment is a major project in the energy field planned by the state and our province, with a total investment of about 30 billion yuan, an estimated annual power generation of 12 billion kilowatt-hours, and an annual industrial output value of 3.3 billion yuan. The project plans to build a capacity of 3,000 megawatts of wind power and 3,000 megawatts of photovoltaic power, respectively planning 2,000 megawatts of wind power in Wuwei Minqin East Lake, 1,000 megawatts of wind power in Minqin South Lake, and 3,000 megawatts of photovoltaic power in Liangzhou Jiuduntan. After the completion of the project, it will further promote the implementation of our province's "dual carbon" strategy and the construction of a new energy system, and drive the development of the new energy industry chain. The head of Gansu Power Investment Group said that Gansu Power Investment Group will strengthen its strong alliance with well-known leading enterprises such as China Resources Power, focus on attracting brands, capital, management and industry, and build a "five-type and three-in-one" smart power plant that is "quality-oriented, efficiency-oriented, innovative, environmentally friendly, energy-saving, high-end, intelligent and green". At the same time, it will give full play to the functions of the state-owned capital investment and financing platform and the role of the leader of the power industry chain in the province, drive the coordinated development of related enterprises such as design, construction, equipment manufacturing, and operation and maintenance, and contribute to the extension and strengthening of the new energy industry chain in the province.

Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has agreed to enter a strategic partnership with Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and its subsidiary, Solar Philippines New Energy Corporation, to invest in the Terra Solar Project, poised to be the world’s largest integrated renewables and energy storage project.   [1]The transaction represents the largest foreign direct investment for a greenfield infrastructure project in the Philippines and will see Actis bring its rich experience in contracting, building and operating infrastructure assets to the project. The project, which is strategically located on the Philippines’ main island of Luzon, about 100km from Manila, will combine 3.5GWp of solar PV capacity with 4.5GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS). The project covers circa 3,500 hectares or the equivalent to the size of c.83,300 basketball courts – and is backed by a 20-years, 850MW (for 12-hours daily on average) power supply agreement (PSA) with Meralco, the Philippines’ largest distribution utility. It will provide electricity to approximately 2.4 million households and avoid carbon emissions by circa 3.6 million tonnes per year by displacing coal.   [2]The transaction with Solar Philippines New Energy Corporation, which currently owns 100% of the project, was announced at a signing ceremony in Pasig City, Philippines, attended by Torbjorn Caesar, Chairman and Senior Partner at Actis, Manuel V. Pangilinan, Chairman of Meralco, and Emmanuel V. Rubio, CEO of Meralco PowerGen (MGen). The Philippines is one of the largest economies in Southeast Asia and among the fastest growing across the Asia Pacific region, with GDP growth of circa 6% forecast from 2023-2027.   [3] The country has an established energy sector, with private companies operating across generation, transmission and distribution. It has also set the ambitious goal of increasing renewable energy generation to 35% of the country’s total by 2030.   [4]To support this transition, around 5GW of solar and wind power purchase agreements (PPAs) have been awarded in recent years, with an additional two rounds of auctions of c.12GW expected to follow over the next year. The Terra Solar Project PSA will play a key role in meeting this demand for renewable energy. [5]The project has strong sustainability credentials, notably because of its impact in decarbonising the Philippines’ energy system (SDG7), but also by generating power to support economic development (SDG8), creating more than 10,000 new jobs (SDG8), and facilitating local development (SDGs3+4). By Actis

Chinese power giant China Three Gorges International Ltd (CTGIL) has borrowed EUR 200 million (USD 220.8m) to refinance a green loan it took out in 2022 to pay for the acquisition of wind and solar assets in Spain.The new loan was provided by Spanish bank BBVA (BME:BBVA), which advised CTGIL in the arrangement of the original loan, the lender said on Monday.The refinancing facility is also green, structured in compliance with the Green Loan Principles.CTGIL, the overseas investment platform of Chinese-state owned clean energy enterprise Chine Three Gorges Corporation, used the original loan to acquire two portfolios of solar and wind assets in Spain. These contained 11 photovoltaic solar plants and one wind farm with a total combined capacity of 405 MW, BBVA said.

Recently, Shanxi Xiangbang Technology Co., Ltd., an enterprise in the Shanxi Transformation and Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone, officially put into production a photovoltaic film project with an annual output of 400 million square meters with a total investment of 2 billion yuan in the Fenfei Group Low-carbon Advanced Manufacturing Industrial Park, running out of the "comprehensive reform speed" of "signing, starting construction, and putting into production in the same year".   The project is a provincial key project located in the Xiaohe Emerging Industrial Park in the Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone. After full completion, the annual output value can reach 4 billion yuan. As an upstream enterprise in the industrial chain of JinkoSolar's photovoltaic module production, Shanxi Xiangbang Technology focuses on the research and development, production and sales of special polymer films, and based on serving JinkoSolar's Shanxi base, it radiates to the entire North China region and overseas markets, helping the Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone to develop new photovoltaic productivity and create a new industrial chain ecology.   It is reported that the Xiangbang photovoltaic film project is the largest of the first four projects put into production in the supporting industrial chain of Jinko Energy's Shanxi large base project. It is also the first photovoltaic encapsulation film enterprise in Shanxi Province. The nine production lines put into production in the first phase are a full range of photovoltaic encapsulation film products, with an annual production capacity of 100 million square meters of photovoltaic encapsulation film.

It is nearly Mid-Autumn Festival, and the company has a dinner. I am lucky to meet you and make the most of the time. I am grateful for my colleagues and grow together. Life needs fireworks, and we can have a happy gathering after work. When everyone's hearts are together, we are a team! Kingsolar wishes all friends at home and abroad a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!    

On September 12, CGN Laos Company and the Lao government signed a concession agreement for the 1,000MW photovoltaic project in Oudomxay Province, Phase I of the Northern Laos Interconnection Clean Energy Base Project in Vientiane.   Chansawin Benyong, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Laos, said at the signing ceremony that the Northern Laos Interconnection Clean Energy Base Project is an important supporting power source for the China-Laos Power Interconnection 500kV line, and an important cooperation project between China and Laos under the framework of the "Belt and Road" initiative. It has great significance in promoting regional power interconnection, promoting local economic development, improving energy efficiency, cultivating clean energy talents, reducing carbon emissions, and enhancing China-Laos friendship.   It is hoped that CGN will continue to work closely with relevant departments of the Lao government in the future construction and operation stage to strive to make the Phase I project the first large-scale photovoltaic benchmark project in Laos.Zhang Chaoqun, deputy secretary of the Party Committee, director and president of CGN Energy International, said that the development, construction and operation of CGN's Northern Laos Power Interconnection Clean Energy Base Project is of typical significance for increasing the scale of power interconnection between China and Laos, promoting the development and utilization of clean energy in Laos and the level of transmission, as well as helping Laos to interconnect with neighboring countries. It is reported that the Northern Laos Interconnection Clean Energy Base Project is a key project of CGN to implement the "Belt and Road" initiative and help build a community of shared future between China and Laos. The project is located in the three provinces of Oudomxay, Phongsali and Luang Namtha in northern Laos, and plans to build an integrated clean energy base of wind, solar, water and storage.

Recently, the WeChat public account [PV-info] learned that on September 19, Wangmo Jinge New Energy Co., Ltd.'s 200MW agricultural photovoltaic power station (Leyuan Guanzhou Phase I, Shitun Ximan) project EPC general contracting opened an open tender. According to the tender announcement, the project bidder is Wangmo Jinge New Energy Co., Ltd., the tender agency is China Electric Power Complete Equipment Co., Ltd., and the source of funds is self-raised by the enterprise. Wangmo Jinge New Energy Co., Ltd. Wangmo County Leyuan Guanzhou Phase I 100MW Agricultural Photovoltaic Power Station and Wangmo County Shitun Ximan 100MW Agricultural Photovoltaic Power Station Project are responsible for construction, operation, and installation by Wangmo Jinge New Energy Co., Ltd. The AC/DC side installed capacity is 203.52MW/260.6016MWp. The project will build a new 220kV booster station, which will be connected to the 220kV Zhenfeng self-provided power plant through a 220kV overhead line, and the line length is 13.15km. This tender is an EPC turnkey project (where components and inverters are determined by Party A and purchased by Party B). Including but not limited to the handling of land acquisition procedures for construction land (excluding land transfer fees), temporary land leasing and leasing in lieu of land acquisition, and corresponding compensation for green land, construction of photovoltaic sites, collection lines, roads within and between sites, 220kV substations and ancillary facilities, environmental protection and soil and water conservation, equipment procurement, engineering commissioning, project grid connection, project compliance procedures (including grid procedures), overall project acceptance, defect elimination, production preparation, trial operation, post-acceptance testing and other turnkey projects.

SPPC announces release of Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the sixth round of solar and wind energy projects with a total capacity of 4,500 MW Riyadh – The Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) has released the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the sixth round of solar and wind energy projects under the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP), which is led and supervised by the Ministry of Energy. The total capacity of the projects in the sixth round is 4,500 MW; the projects are as follows: [1,500] MWac Dawadmi Wind Power IPP in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia [1,400] MWac Najran Solar PV IPP in Najran Province, Saudi Arabia [600] MWac Samtah Solar PV IPP in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia [600] MW Ad Darb Solar PV IPP in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia [400] MW As Sufun Solar PV IPP in Hail Province, Saudi Arabia These projects are part of the NREP, which aims to achieve an optimal energy mix and achieve 50% of electricity from renewable energy by 2030. SPPC is responsible for the pre-development, bidding and subsequent energy acquisition of the projects. To date, SPPC has awarded more than 19 GW of renewable energy capacity under the NREP. SPPC  

   Oman Future Fund (FFO), a subsidiary of Oman's sovereign wealth fund, has decided to invest 60 million Omani riyals (US$156 million) in the polysilicon factory being built by Oman United Solar Polysilicon (FZC) SPC in the Sohar Free Trade Zone between Dubai and Muscat, the capital of Oman. The factory covers an area of ​​160,000 square meters, with an estimated total investment of US$1.35 billion (equivalent to about RMB 9.4 billion), and an annual production capacity of 100,000 tons of high-purity polysilicon. It is scheduled to be put into production next year. Rashid Sultan Al Hashmi, senior manager of FFO, said: "This new factory will enhance Oman's position in the renewable energy market and serve as a catalyst for further foreign direct investment (FDI). It is expected to further attract investment in the downstream of Oman's solar manufacturing value chain." (Sovereign wealth fund: Corresponding to private wealth, it refers to public wealth accumulated by a government through specific taxes and budget allocations, renewable natural resource income and international balance of payments surpluses, which is controlled and controlled by the government and usually held in foreign currency.)

Recently, Trina Solar released the "Announcement on the Extension of Some Fundraising Investment Projects". The announcement shows that the 12th meeting of the third board of directors and the sixth meeting of the third board of supervisors of the company reviewed and approved the "Proposal on the Extension of Some Fundraising Investment Projects", agreeing to postpone the date of the second phase of the company's fundraising project "35GW CZ Mono Crystal Project" reaching the scheduled usable state. According to the announcement, as of June 30, 2024, the first phase of the "35GW CZ Mono Crystal Project" with a capacity of 20GW has been put into production, and the second phase of the 15GW project has been delayed from December 2024 to June 2026.   As for the reason for the extension, Trina Solar said that the photovoltaic industry is currently in a phased operation stage with an imbalance between supply and demand, the mismatch between supply and demand in the silicon wafer segment continues, and the price of the industrial chain continues to decline. Affected by the cyclical fluctuations in this industry, the company has implemented a flexible and moderate vertical integration layout, controlled the construction rhythm of the upstream silicon wafer segment, and to a certain extent slowed down the implementation progress of the fundraising project "annual production of 35GW direct-pull single crystal project". The relatively light-asset operation model enables the company to have stronger profitability and risk resistance to face the cyclical fluctuations in industry supply and demand and prices. This extension only involves changes in the project progress, and does not change the investment content, total investment, and implementation entity of the fundraising project. It will not have a substantial impact on the implementation of the fundraising project, and will not have a significant adverse impact on the normal operation of the company. The sponsor Huatai United Securities Co., Ltd. issued a verification opinion with no objection to this matter.