Weekly News Updates (Apr. 5-Apr.11)
DAS Solar and OSW Sign 500MW Distribution Agreement to Strengthen Australia's Solar Market
DAS Solar has announced a strategic partnership at Smart Energy 2025 with OSW, Australia's largest solar distributor, for the distribution of 500 MW of high-efficiency PV modules over the next three years. The signing ceremony was attended by CEO of OSW, Anson Zhang and Sales VP of APMEA+LA of DAS Solar, Joey Zheng, marking a significant milestone in the company's continued expansion in the Australian market.
DAS Solar Partners with Lawrence & Hanson to Expand Distribution Across Australia
DAS Solar has announced a strategic partnership with Lawrence & Hanson (L&H), one of Australia's most recognized electrical wholesalers. This collaboration aims to enhance the distribution of DAS Solar's high-performance PV modules throughout Australia, leveraging L&H's extensive network of over 160 branches nationwide.
Years of Dr. DY Song at UNSW's Research Lab and Collaborations Upon Returning to China
As UNSW Sydney embarks on its 75th anniversary, Professor Martin Green's PV lab also marks its 50th year. This milestone brings back memories of my time with Professor Green and my colleagues in the research lab, as well as my ongoing collaboration with them after returning to China. Over the years, the laboratory has made remarkable contributions: from pioneering PERC and TOPCon solar cell technologies to their large-scale industrial applications, from polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells to cutting-edge research on quantum dot solar cells for third-generation PV technology. As the founder and leader of UNSW's photovoltaic research center, Professor Green has dedicated half a century to reshaping the global solar industry and has nurtured a generation of key figures in China's solar sector.
DAS Solar Demonstrates Low-carbon Approach Across the Module Life-cycle
The carbon footprint of module making is the total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions at each life-cycle stage. It involves raw material extraction, processing, manufacture, transport, installation, and disposal. High energy requirement for polysilicon production is the biggest factor because of using coal-fired power plants. Moreover, wafering, cell fabrication, and module assembly are energy-intensive processes and require chemicals that emit CO2. Solar modules offset operational emissions. Still, initial energy input, supply chain emissions, and end-of-life disposal impact their carbon footprint.
Ember: Global solar generation exceeds 2,000TWh in 2024
The world's cumulative installed solar generation capacity has doubled between 2022 and 2024, to reach over 2,000TWh, which will be the driving force behind new renewable power capacity meeting global growth in electricity demand to 2030.
These are some of the key conclusionsfrom Ember Climate's latest report, the ‘2025 Global Electricity Review’, published today. The report is encouraging reading for the global renewable power sector, with the world adding 858TWh of new clean energy generation in 2024 – 49% more than in the previous record set in 2022, when the world added 577TWh – including 474TWh of new solar capacity.
Austria installs 2.2 GW of PV in 2024
Austria installed 2.2 GW of new PV capacity in 2024, a 10% decline in new installations from the previous year, according to industry group Bundesverband Photovoltaic Austria (PV Austria).
The country added 2.47 GW in 2023, 955 MW in 2022, 660 MW in 2021, and 360 MW in 2020. Several large solar projects completed in late 2024 prevented an even sharper decline, said PV Austria. By the end of December 2024, Austria's total PV capacity reached approximately 8.3 GW.
