Recently, several photovoltaic projects have commenced construction, including the China Resources New Energy Xintian Sanjing 60MW Agri-PV Complementary Photovoltaic Power Generation Project, the official commencement of the EPC general contracting project for Datang's 60MW Photovoltaic Power Generation Project in Yunnan, and the commencement of construction on a 100MW photovoltaic power generation project in Shanxi.   China Resources Hunan 60MW Agri-PV Complementary Photovoltaic Power Generation Project Commences On September 15th, construction successfully commenced on the China Resources New Energy Xintian Sanjing 60MW Agri-PV Complementary Photovoltaic Power Generation Project. The project, located in Sanjing Town and Xinxu Town, Xintian County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, covers an area of ​​approximately 1,200 mu (approximately 1,200 mu). Invested and constructed by China Resources New Energy (Xintian) Co., Ltd., it will have an installed capacity of 60MW. The project, with an estimated total investment of 261.3021 million yuan, plans to build a new 220 kV substation, 20 new photovoltaic arrays, a total length of 4.664 kilometers of access roads, and 4.6 kilometers of buried collector lines. The project received its construction contract on September 5th.   Datang Yunnan 60MW Photovoltaic Power Generation Project Commences On September 18th, the EPC general contracting project for the Datang Yunnan Ganlongtang (60MW) Photovoltaic Power Generation Project, jointly undertaken by China Energy Engineering Group Guangxi Hydropower Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd., China Energy Engineering Group Anhui Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd., and China Gezhouba Group Electric Power Co., Ltd., officially commenced. The project, located in Nijiao Township, Qiubei County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, has a rated capacity of 60MW and consists of 3,948 photovoltaic strings and 29 photovoltaic arrays. It is equipped with 188 inverters and 29 box-type transformers, with power collected via two collector lines and connected to the Shuangyangdong 220kV substation.   Shanxi 100MW Photovoltaic Power Generation Project Commences Recently, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Shangao New Energy Group's 100MW (Phase II) photovoltaic power generation project in Hanbei Town, Wuxiang County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, was held at the Wuxiang Hanbei Phase I Photovoltaic Power Station. The project has a total construction capacity of 100MW, with a total investment of no more than 400 million yuan. Upon commissioning, it is expected to generate an average annual power generation of 148 million kWh and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 111,600 tons. Shangao New Energy Group Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Beijing Enterprises Clean Energy Group Co., Ltd.) is a subsidiary of Shangao Holding Group and listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (01250.HK). The company is committed to developing clean energy and explori...

China advances the integration of AI and new energy, covering areas such as power forecasting, electricity markets, and O&M   On September 8, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA) jointly issued the Implementation Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of ‘Artificial Intelligence+’ in the Energy Sector, calling for seizing the major strategic opportunity of AI development, focusing on application-driven objectives, and accelerating the deep integration of AI into the energy industry.   The document outlines eight typical application empowerment scenarios, including power grids, new business models, new energy, oil and gas, thermal power and hydropower.   In the field of “AI+New Energy,” the document emphasises tackling the volatility and intermittency of new energy output by accelerating AI applications in high-precision power forecasting, electricity markets, smart operation of power plants, new energy planning, and post-project evaluation.   It calls for continuously driving the upgrade and innovation in key new energy materials and products, advancing large-scale forecasting models for complex scenarios and transitional weather conditions to achieve finer scales and higher accuracy, supporting the coordinated optimisation of wide-area new energy resources, promoting smart operation and maintenance (O&M) for new energy sites in remote areas, and building an integrated smart production model for new energy that combines “weather forecasting+power forecasting+smart trading+intelligent O&M” to fully support stable new energy supply.   Additionally, the document highlights the need to address power grid security, new energy consumption, and operational efficiency under the new power system by developing applications for power supply and demand forecasting, intelligent grid diagnostic analysis, and the smart formulation of planning schemes, while strengthening the smart construction management of grid projects.   Chinese company signs 600MW Kyrgyz PV project   On September 2, CECEP Solar Energy Technology, together with Kyrgyzstan First Energy, Jiangsu Jollerge Group, and Tianjin Shiyizhongji Technology, jointly signed the “Batken Green Energy+Green Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Industrial Park” project cooperation agreement.   The project is led by the Green Energy Foundation under the Cabinet of the Kyrgyz Republic and jointly promoted by four enterprises, including Kyrgyzstan First Energy and CECEP Solar Energy.   CECEP Solar Energy will be responsible for the investment in and construction of a 600MW PV power plant in the Batken region of Kyrgyzstan, with a total investment of approximately US$400 million (equivalent to RMB 2.853 billion).   Upon completion, the power plant is expected to generate approximately 1 billion kWh of clean electricity annuall...

The Government of Uganda has authorised engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor Energy America to build a 100MWp solar PV plant, integrated with a 250MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).   Located in Kapeeka, in the central Ugandan district of Nakaseke, the project will be developed by Energy America’s regional development subsidiary, EA Astrovolt.   It will be equipped with technology designed for tropical and equatorial climates. The systems will offer high energy yields in heat and high irradiance, modular and scalable battery architecture, centralised monitoring with grid integration, and low-maintenance, long-life assets built to international standards for grid stability, off-peak delivery, and resilience in extreme conditions.   The authorisation comes from a Gazetted Policy Direction under section 16 of the Electricity Act, which is a part of the government’s plan to develop 1GW of solar-plus-storage projects in the country.   A power purchase agreement (PPA) was secured with Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), a state-owned distribution network company.   Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, minister of energy and mineral development at the Republic of Uganda, said that the policy direction “will harness clean energy technology, foster local employment and skills development, and accelerate Uganda’s transition to a modern and resilient electricity system.”   The solar PV plant will be fourfold larger than the 24MW solar PV plant from UAE-based renewable power developer AMEA Power, which at the time was said to be the largest in the region. AMEA Power began construction of the Ituka solar PV plant last year and is expected to be commissioned in the third quarter of 2025.

According to data provided by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), solar power generation hit a record high in many European countries in the first half of 2025. Germany is in the lead, with a total of 40TWh of electricity delivered to the grid from its photovoltaic systems, an increase of 30% from 30.7TWh in the same period last year. Other European countries also saw significant increases in photovoltaic power generation in the first half of this year: France's photovoltaic power generation reached 15.1TWh in the first half of the year, compared with 11.3 TWh in the same period last year; Denmark increased from 2.0 TWh in the same period last year to 2.3 TWh; Poland's solar power generation in the first half of the year increased from 8.8 TWh in the first half of 2024 to 10.3 TWh in the first half of 2025.   However, despite the increase in the contribution of solar energy to the net generation of public electricity across Europe, the overall contribution of renewable energy fell from 358.1TWh in the first half of 2024 to 344.4TWh in the first half of 2025, mainly due to the decline in the contribution of wind energy. In Germany, for example, the contribution of wind power falls from 73.4 TWh in 2024 to 60.3 TWh in 2025, accounting for 31.6% of public net electricity generation. “This is about six percentage points less than in 2024, simply because there is less wind than last year,” said Professor Bruno Burger, senior scientist at Fraunhofer ISE EnergyGraph. “The increase in solar power can only partially make up for this shortfall.” Overall, the share of renewable electricity in Germany’s public net electricity generation is 60.9%, down from 65.1% in the first half of 2024.

On July 7, the maximum power load of the Jiangsu power grid hit a new record high for the third time this year, reaching 152 million kilowatts. Just the night before, under the unified command of the power control center of State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd., 93 new energy storage power stations in Jiangsu Province concentrated on discharging to the power grid during the evening power peak, with a maximum discharge power of 7.14 million kilowatts, realizing the largest-scale centralized call for new energy storage in my country, and testing the friendly interaction of all links of the new power system during the peak power consumption period in summer, and comprehensively improving my country's clean energy utilization level.   What is new energy storage? Energy storage means "charging" when there is sufficient power generation from new energy sources such as wind power and photovoltaics, and "discharging" to the power grid or customers during peak power consumption or extreme scenarios. New energy storage, known as "super charger", generally refers to electric energy storage technology other than pumped storage, and is one of the regulatory means to cope with the many challenges brought by the construction of new power systems. In this centralized call for new energy storage, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power, through a new generation of dispatching support system, issued discharge instructions to more than 7 million kilowatts of new energy storage at the same time during peak power consumption, which can meet the power demand of about 48 million households for one hour at the same time. In addition, during the peak of photovoltaic and wind power generation, the dispatching department issued charging instructions to the new energy storage power station, which can add a "super charger" that can store 14.5 million kWh of electricity to Jiangsu, and play its positive role in power supply and new energy consumption.   Three new highs, 152 million kilowatts At present, continuous high temperature weather has occurred in many parts of my country, and the power grid load has continued to rise under the high temperature. On July 7, the maximum power load of the Jiangsu power grid has set a new record for the third time this year, reaching 152 million kilowatts. On the evening of the 6th, in order to support the evening peak power consumption of the power grid, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power carried out the largest-scale centralized call-up of new energy storage in my country. A total of 64 grid-side energy storage and 29 power supply-side energy storage power stations participated in the centralized discharge, with a total participating capacity of 7.248 million kilowatts. The actual maximum call-up scale was 7.14 million kilowatts, following the centralized call-up of 4.55 million kilowatts of new energy storage last year, which once again broke the record of centralized call-up scale, an increase of 56.9% year-on-year.   "Ti...

Recently, the largest "photovoltaic hydrogen storage integrated" offshore photovoltaic demonstration project in China, the first ecological governance type tidal flat photovoltaic demonstration project in China, the Guohua Rudong Photovoltaic Hydrogen Storage Integrated Project, which was designed and constructed by China Power Construction, was fully connected to the grid for power generation. The project is located in Rudong County, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, and uses about 4,387.5 acres of tidal flats. The total installed capacity is 400,000 kilowatts, and supporting booster stations, energy storage facilities, and hydrogen production and refueling stations are built. The project has an average annual on-grid soalr system power of 462.934 million kWh. After completion and commissioning, it can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 309,400 tons per year, which is equivalent to adding 1.5 West Lake scenic areas of forest carbon sinks, which can effectively help local ecological environment protection and green and low-carbon development. It was designed by the East China Institute of China Power Construction and constructed by the Central South Institute. As the first tidal flat ecological governance photovoltaic project in China, it innovates the "offshore photovoltaic + grass control" ecological restoration model, takes the lead in the ecological governance of Spartina alterniflora, and creates a demonstration of green photovoltaic integration and ecological grass control in Jiangsu Province and the coastal areas of the country. During the construction process, the construction of the shore-based booster station and photovoltaic field area was affected by multiple factors such as the original mudflat terrain and on-site tidal changes, and the construction process was extremely difficult. The project team overcame difficulties and creatively used steel sheet pile cofferdams and well point dewatering to solve the construction problems of the shore-based station, designed a new type of aerial platform to solve the installation problems of the photovoltaic area, and used about 1,800 platform 4-wheeled carts according to local conditions to protect the local marine ecology and clam breeding areas. The first "river, sea, land, and river" intermodal transport solution was created to solve the problem of submarine cable transportation. On the vast mudflats of the Yellow Sea, nearly 700,000 photovoltaic panels "breathe" lightly with the rise and fall of the tide. Their annual power generation is as high as 468 million kWh, enough to light up the bright lights of 200,000 households. At the same time, the project will also drive the large-scale development of multiple industries such as offshore photovoltaics, energy storage and hydrogen energy, and improve and strengthen the local new energy industry chain.

Photovoltaic energy in Europe is undergoing a new change. Just recently, Finland announced a major event in the energy field. On April 1, the Finnish government announced that as the country's two energy companies gradually shut down all coal-fired power plants, Finland will completely stop using coal in energy production this spring. The Finnish government issued a communiqué saying that this move is a key step in Finland's energy transformation, four years ahead of the statutory deadline. Fossil fuel-based energy production will be replaced by low-carbon, clean, and renewable solutions in the future, and Finland will usher in a more stable, sustainable and climate-friendly energy system. The Finnish government has made it clear that future electricity production will focus on the development of wind power, nuclear power, hydropower and solar energy, and will be supplemented by electric boilers, heat pumps, energy storage and other technologies to build a new energy system. This strategy is highly consistent with Europe's overall carbon neutrality goal. According to the EU plan, renewable energy must account for 45% of terminal energy consumption in 2030, and photovoltaics are seen as the core tool to achieve this goal. Finland's practice has proved that the coordinated efforts of policy guidance and market mechanisms can greatly accelerate the process of clean energy substitution. It is understood that Finland's coal withdrawal action stems from the "2029 Coal Ban Act" passed in 2019. Through large-scale investment in wind power, nuclear power and bioenergy, Finland's coal-fired power share has dropped sharply from 8% in 2016 to less than 1% in 2025, while wind power generation has soared to 25%, driving 26 billion euros of green industrial investment. Although Finland's current photovoltaic installed capacity is limited, and the Nordic countries have a relatively low demand for photovoltaics due to the high proportion of hydropower, their energy transformation path reveals the future trend of the European market: the withdrawal of fossil energy will inevitably be accompanied by a diversified layout of renewable energy, and photovoltaics will play a key role in it.   Finland "retires from coal", and the photovoltaic pattern is reshaped Finland has never stopped investing in renewable energy. Previously, the Finnish government had agreed to provide priority facilities for green transformation projects between 2023 and 2026. In early 2023, the Finnish government also adopted a new hydrogen strategy, setting a goal of producing 1 million tons of green hydrogen by 2030, accounting for one-tenth of the EU's total target of 10 million green hydrogen. In fact, compared with other European countries, Finland's electricity market appears to be quite "unstable". In the past few years, Finland's energy system has undergone a major transformation. With the construction of the 1.6 GW new Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant in April 2023, Finland's t...

It is reported that the European Commission recently launched three new European cooperation projects under the Horizon Europe program, aiming to consolidate the European continent's leading position in technology, enhance industrial resilience, and promote sustainable development. These initiatives will focus on the photovoltaic, advanced materials and textile industries, and it is expected that by 2030, the joint investment of the EU and the private sector will be close to 1.1 billion euros.   Among them, the "European Photovoltaic Innovation Cooperation Project" aims to expand Europe's photovoltaic manufacturing capacity and build a more resilient supply chain, which is in line with the goals of the European Green Deal, the "RepowerEU Plan" and the 2023 Renewable Energy Directive. From 2025 to 2030, the EU and private partners will each invest up to 240 million euros to enhance Europe's position in the global solar market and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.