In August 2022, Solaxisys established a global R&D center in Madrid, Spain, which is a new milestone for its technical R&D and business development and symbolizes a new chapter of Solaxisys's global layout. This R&D center is the first overseas global R&D center of Solaxisys, based on the European sales center and global support center, and it is also the fourth global R&D center of Solaxisys after Shanghai, Xiamen, and Zhangzhou. The initial team is composed of several senior R&D personnel, with experienced experts who have managed well-known companies in the solar industry, which reflects the importance Solaxisys attaches to the European and international markets. Currently, this R&D center takes a strategic part in the development of Solaxisys's technology innovation, with research on the core algorithm of tracking systems, Wind Tunnel Test, etc. It is responsible for the R&D upgrade and technical management of multi-scene products including tracking systems and mounting systems, aiming to meet market demand and explore new technology routes.

AS/NZS 5033:2021 may have turned the solar industry upside down, but modules still need to go on the roof, writes Clean Energy Council technical program specialist Nathan Smith. The Australian rooftop solar industry is set for significant changes in the next six months. The publication of AS/NZS 5033:2021 on 19 November 2021 is set to fundamentally change how we as an industry design, install, document and, to a great extent, think about solar installations. With some of the changes inherent to the new standard providing alternatives to the more controversial components of a solar installation (for example, rooftop DC isolators), there has been a flurry of gossip, social media posts, bulletins from industry bodies and suppliers, and advice that is often lacking in detail or simply misinformed. New year, new standard The Clean Energy Council led the rewrite of the new AS/NZS 5033:2021 standard in conjunction with the members of the EL-042 committee, with several staff members involved in both the development and review of the draft document. While significant time and resources were devoted to ensuring that installers and the industry’s interests were well represented, it is important to remember that the EL-042 committee also represents the opinions and concerns of other personnel that are required to interact with rooftop solar systems, including emergency services and other stakeholders that have vested interests in ensuring the best outcome from the rewrite. The new version of AS/NZS 5033 becomes mandatory on 19 May 2022 in all states and territories except NSW, where it became mandatory on the date of publication. Electrical regulators have the authority to make the new version of the standard mandatory before 19 May 2022, but most have indicated that they will not do this and allow installations to be done to either standard until the mandatory date.   Regardless, it is important to know that whichever standard is applied, the whole standard must be followed. You cannot use some requirements from the 2021 version of the standard and some from the 2014 version. For installers outside of NSW, it may be easier to continue to work to the 2014 version until you have had a chance to develop a robust understanding of the requirements of the new standard. Further information on mandatory dates and all the latest information on the implementation of the standard can be found on the Electrical Regulatory Authorities Council’s (ERAC) website.  What has changed in the new standard?   Some of the major changes in the new version of AS/NZS 5033:2021 include:   an increase in maximum PV array voltage for residential systems changes to PV array isolation requirements new DC cable installation requirements for wiring systems and wiring enclosures   changes to earthing requirements changes to DC optimiser and micro inverter requirements   updated testing and verification requirements. The new standard also provides clarification ...

Keyword:  5036MW In 2021, Solaxisys had achieved a total mount of 5036MW solar racking shipments, its worldwide cumulative shipments had reached 19.3GW as the end of 2021. Keyword: Market Leading Position In 2021, Solaxisys hit a record high market share in mainstream market. Ranked No.1 in Japan’s solar racking market share and ranked No.1 of export volume to Japan for eight consecutive years. Ranked top 1 in Australia distributed generation market. Ranked top 1 in Chile distributed generation market. Keyword: the World's Longest Solar Tracker In 2021,  Solaxisys launched its SPACE solar tracker at SNEC. Featuring with "Unique, Intelligence, Efficiency, Infinity", this world's longest 1P independent single-axis tracking system can be extremely extended to more than 4 strings, maximum 240m in length and up to 18% solar mounting system cost reduction, which made it become best choice for large scale solar plant in flat terrain and matches better for cleaning robots. Keyword: Multi-level R&D innovation In 2021, Solaxisys establish an academician and expert workstation with Central South University to carry out research and development of high-performance materials; In 2021, Solaxisys had deepen school-enterprise cooperation with Shanghai Jiaotong University and other omestic iInstitutions of higher learning to promote all-round integration of industrial technologies. In 2021, Solaxisys has partnered with several wind tunnel institutions such as CPP to carry out performance tests such as solar tracking system stability, safety, and wind resistance, and had achieved high-standard tests for various performance parameters. Keyword: Remarkable cooperation In 2021, Solaxisys had signed numerous cooperation agreements with global partners. - 2GW solar racking agreement signed with One Stop Warehouse -Strategic cooperation with Paramount Group -Strategic cooperation with JIAYANG for the supply of 400MW solar tracker - Strategic cooperation with Dingjing for the supply of 100MW solar racking for domestic distributed solar plants. Keyword: Globalization strategy In 2021, Solaxisys had continued to increase its global presence with new overseas offices in Jordan, Poland, Dubai, India, Argentina, Chile, etc., and a total of 16 overseas branches and offices around the world by 2021. Keyword: Higher production capacity In 2021, Solaxisys’s first phase of the new production base had put into use in July. Equipped with fully automated production line, the annual production capacity of steel solar racking can reach 10GW. Keyword: IP mascot updation In 2021, Solaxisys had launched its updated IP Mascot called Flash. The newly upgraded one make it more round and cute. The flash will help to provide a better connection with our valued partners all over the world towards the vision of “Raise a green world ”, and we will continue to press forward with Ant spirits in the solar industry.

Solaxisys has launched its updated IP Mascot called Flash. Mascot – IP Flash is a PV Ant that symbolizing Solaxisys team with the same traits of valuing teamwork, well organized and never giving up. The newly upgraded version adds the details of the hands and feet, the face adds eyes and mouth, and thus its body becomes more round and cute. The updated version has more similarity with logo, especially the shape of head look from the side. Over the past years, we are honored to join hands with our partners towards the vision of “Raise a green world ”, and we will continue to press forward with Ant spirits in the solar industry. The flash will help to provide a better connection with our valued partners all over the world. We would like you to get more about our flash, a guy full of sincerity and bravery. Looking forward to seeing you on more occasions in the future. Check out Flash at Christmas day Always brings Light and Courge to you~

Standards Australia has released a revised standard for solar energy in order to support growing demand and the rapid uptake of solar photovoltaics (PV). The revised standard, AS/NZS 5033:2021, Installation and safety requirements for photovoltaic (PV) arrays, addresses safe practices for consumers and industry professionals. Head of Standards Development at Standards Australia, Roland Terry-Lloyd, said, “With millions of solar PV panel systems being installed across Australia, clear and relevant standards are paramount in supporting safe practice for industry professionals, homeowners and businesses.” The standard sets out general installation and safety requirements for electrical installations of PV arrays, including direct current (DC) array wiring, electrical protection devices, switching and earthing provisions. The standard has been restructured to promote better readability, supporting users in meeting compliance requirements. AS/NZS 5033:2014 will remain current for six months, and after this time it will be superseded by AS/NZS 5033:2021. The updating of requirements for micro inverter installations and DC conditioning units will enable greater use of technology across larger panels, supporting better safety outcomes. Committee El-042 assessed different requirements around the world against Australian conditions, identified achievable safety outcomes, and determined a number of different solutions that industry can choose to best suit their installations. EL-042 Co-Chair, Sandy Atkins, said, “At the time the 2014 standard was written, solar panels were at most 250W per panel, but technology is quickly changing, and it’s not unusual for panels to be greater than 400W. “Therefore, AS/NZS 5033:2014 was limiting for installation professionals. “If you still want to use DC isolators then you can, but if you don’t, the standard allows for other solutions such as disconnection points.” Australia previously had a limitation of 600V for panels for houses but recently aligned with international requirements of 1000V. Additionally, AS/NZS 5033:2021 also aligns with international standard IEC 62548:2016, Photovoltaic (PV) arrays — Design requirements. “Solar is booming worldwide, so it’s important we align with international standards so that the Australian market can use international products and technologies as well,” Mr Atkins said. Source from:  https://www.energymagazine.com.au/solar-boom-prompts-national-standard-update/

Germany deployed around 411.9 MW of new PV capacity in October, according to the latest figures from federal network agency the Bundesnetzagentur. The country’s cumulative installed solar PV capacity has now reached 56.9 GW. This compares to 406.4 MW in September this year, and 421 MW in October 2020. In the first ten months of 2021, developers connected over 4.4 GW of solar to the grid, compared to 3.92 GW in the same period a year earlier. The country's cumulative solar capacity topped 56.9 GW at the end of September. The German PV market keeps being driven by the segments for installations not exceeding 750 kW in size, which last month achieved a newly-installed PV capacity of 304 MW. Of this capacity, around 292 MW comes from rooftop PV arrays while the remaining share is represented by small-sized solar parks. The Bundesnetzagentur also published new feed-in tariffs which will begin this month. The monthly decrease of solar subsidies remains at 1.4% while fixed feed-in tariffs for rooftop systems will range between €0.07693/kWh and €0.0527/kWh, depending on system size. Source from: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/11/30/germany-deployed-4-42-gw-of-pv-in-first-ten-months-of-2021/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=linkedin

A ground-breaking political declaration among South Africa, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the EU, was made in the ongoing COP26 conference in Glasgow to support South Africa with an accelerated “just energy transition”. The declaration on this new ambitious, long-term Just Energy Transition Partnership will support South Africa’s decarbonization efforts by providing financial aid of USD 8.5 billion, with an aim to achieve the target presented in its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) emissions goals. The initial commitment of the amount can be available over the next 3-5 years through various mechanisms including multilateral and bilateral grants, concessional loans, investments, including mobilizing the private sector. On this occasion, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, “South Africa welcomes the commitment made in the Political Declaration to supporting the implementation of our revised Nationally Determined Contribution, which represents our country’s ambitious effort to support the global battle against climate change. “We look forward to a long-term partnership that can serve as an appropriate model of support for climate action from developed to developing countries, recognizing the importance of a just transition to a low carbon, climate-resilient society that promotes employment and livelihoods.” The partnership looks forward to preventing up to 1-1.5 gigatonnes of emissions over the next 20 years duration and assisting South Africa to move away from coal and accelerate its transition towards a clean, climate-resilient economy. The financial support will help it to accelerate investment in renewable energy and the development of new sectors like electric vehicles and green hydrogen, and ensure Eskom acquires funds to re-purpose its coal-fired power stations due to be decommissioned in the next 15 years. It is also required to use the fund to ensure communities dependent on coal mining or coal power stations for jobs have greener alternatives to make a living as part of that process. Source from: https://solarquarter.com/

Solar is now cheapest form of new electricity in a host of international markets, driven by cost reductions and growth of bifaciality, large-area solar modules and trackers. That is the conclusion of a new report released by analysts Wood Mackenzie, which also forecasts that the cost of solar PV could fall by a further 25% in the next decade. The report, dubbed ‘Total eclipse: How falling costs will secure solar’s dominance in power’, states solar to be the cheapest form of new power generation in markets including Spain, Italy, India and 16 US states. Over the course of the next decade, the list of countries where solar will become dominant will increase to include every US state, Canada, China and 14 other nations, the report claims. It points to the fact that the cost of solar has fallen by 90% over the last two decade and is forecast to fall by a further 15% – 25% by 2030. These cost reductions will occur at the same time several technologies – bifacial panels, large-area cells and modules and trackers – combine to boost the output of deployed solar across the globe. In addition to these technologies, advancements in operational technologies and automated processes will help reduce operational expenditure of new sites, further optimising solar’s cost benefit over other asset classes. WoodMac has also stressed that its outlook only factored in technologies that have been demonstrably commercialised and are being deployed today. Further innovations and technological breakthroughs in next-generation solar technologies could provide even further upside to its outlook. “As the world strives to recover from the economic slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and simultaneously meet the climate and environmental goals of the Paris Agreement, solar is uniquely placed to advance efforts towards a low-carbon, sustainable future,” Ravi Manghani, research director at WoodMac, said. The research house has, however, warned about the risk of solar becoming a victim of its own success. Price cannibalisation has long been a concern of solar developers and asset holders, and the report states falls in wholesale power prices – triggered by the influx of zero marginal cost renewables on national grids – could dent profitability. Furthermore, that risk could have a negative impact on investment appetite, which WoodMac regards as a potential limiting factor to solar’s rise, alongside electric transmission capacity and the development of battery technologies, the latter considered critical to facilitating greater proliferation of solar, as attested to by the fact numerous developers and utilities now hold battery storage pipelines. “Once a niche technology in the off-grid space, solar is now one of the cheapest, most efficient and easily deployable means of generating electricity,” Manghani added. WoodMac’s report follows a slew of other forecasts from industry analysts, all of which predict a staggering period of growth for solar PV over the coming years. Earlier t...

Indonesia is aiming to deploy an additional 4,680MW of solar by 2030 as part of efforts to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2060. Energy minister Arifin Tasrif said a new 2021-2030 master plan will see Indonesia source 51.6% of its added power capacity by the end of the decade from renewables, while the remainder will be new fossil fuel plants. Speaking during a virtual presentation today (Tuesday), Tasrif said the country’s projected annual increase in electricity demand over the next decade has been lowered to 4.9%, down from a previous estimate of 6.4%, due to the pandemic impacting economic growth. To reach the goals included in the master plan, the government expects independent power producers to play a larger role in the development of renewables projects over the coming years. Tasrif also said that the government will encourage the development of interconnection between Indonesia’s main islands to improve electricity reliability and increase renewables penetration. The strong potential for Indonesia’s solar sector was revealed in a report published in July by Wood Mackenzie, which suggested the country may become the fastest-growing PV market in the Asia Pacific region by end of the decade. Growing from a base of 300MW, the country’s solar capacity could reach 8.5GW by 2030, according to the research firm, which said the PV sector could be supported by a US$600 million loan from the Asian Development Bank to help Indonesia’s state-owned power company PLN expand electricity access and promote renewables in eastern Indonesia. PLN’s solar development efforts have already seen it form a joint venture with Masdar to construct a 145MWac floating solar project at a reservoir in West Java. The partners recently reached financial close for the Cirata plant, which is now under construction and due to begin commercial operation by the end of 2022. Singapore-based solar developer Sunseap Group also revealed plans to develop what it says will be the world’s largest floating solar project on Indonesia’s Batam Island. The 2.2GWp installation plant is slated for completion in 2024, when it will provide energy locally as well as potentially to Singapore via a subsea cable.