Antaisolar officially signed a strategic partnership agreement with Taiyang New Energy, the Industrial and Commercial Photovoltaic Service Provider in China.  The agreement of up to 200MW between both sides was signed upon same goal to build the green energy future for China and mainly acted as a commitment to bring high-quality solar solutions for distributed solar power plant in domestic market. Taiyang New Energy, a company integrating technology research and development, market sales, power station investment, system integration and installation, and technical operation and maintenance. Established in 2017, it focuses on Small and medium distributed photovoltaic sector and serves as the solution provider for Trina Solar in C&I sector. Taiyang New Energy greatly appreciates the quality and variety of solar racking solutions that Antaisolar provides. Antaisolar wide products portfolio fully meet the needs of our customers from commerical to industrial. After the signing agreement, the two parties has positive exchange to look forward to carry out more cooperation in the upcoming three years.

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 AS/NZS 5033:2014 will remain current for six months, and after this time it will be superseded by AS/NZS 5033:2021.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

On Nov 29th, 2021, Chinese solar racking supplier, Antaisolar has signed an agreement to provide up to 100MW solar racking for distributed solar projects in China. The deal with DINGJING COMBINE, a company that covers the development, construction and operation of solar projects in China, and is said to has developed over 300MW rooftop solar projects. Antaisolar and DINGJING COMBINE will jointly explore the possibility of rooftop power project development in the countries of mutual interest, as well as exchange knowledge and technical expertise. CEO of Antaisolar, Jasmine Huang expressed optimism about its collaboration with DINGJING COMBINE and mentioned it will further increase our competitiveness in the domestic markets. “ Antaisolar’s innovative and efficient product R&D concept and mature service are highly compatible with our concept of “building a photovoltaic power station with better quality, shorter construction period, and lower construction cost. With their tailor-made advantage for complicated solar project and high quality products, we will be able to explore more low-carbon energy cooperation opportunities in China, ” said by CEO at DINGJING COMBINE.

According to South Korea's renewable energy plan 3020, South Korea is aiming to increase the share of renewable energy to 20 percent by 2030. Its main target is to develop the new capacity from photovoltaics (PV) and wind energy in the country to increase the use of clean energy. Antaisolar has provided MW scale projects to South Korea in partnership with local EPC and developers. Recently, several solar parks has completed construction and added to the grid. This was made possible thanks to strong project development capability and efficient solar mounting system. Both solar park utilized elevated solar racking in order to get maximum solar power generation at site. Aluminum structure with highly pre-assembled supporting beam and pre-installed components before shipment largely quick the installation time and save labor costs. Besides rooftop solar park, ground-mounted and Agri-PV solar projects are also fully operational deploying Antaisolar mounting structure in South Korea. These current and future projects follow South Korea’s pledge to take the country carbon neutral by 2050.

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/