[SMM PV News] Withstanding the Extreme "Heat" Test: APsystems APstorage 261L Successfully Passes UL 9540A Test!

A leading petrochemical plant halted one production resumption line yesterday, and today another line started producing LDPE. In the short term, the enterprise's production schedule will maintain parallel production of one high-pressure material line and one PV material line. After this line adjustment, the plant's PV material output scale has contracted somewhat.

On August 31, 2026, the Huaneng Shaanxi Shenmu 100,000 kW PV power generation project achieved full-capacity grid connection, marking that the installed capacity of Huaneng Shaanxi New Energy Branch exceeded 3 million kW. Since the commencement of the Shenmu project, in the face of multiple challenges such as frequent windy and sandy weather in northern Shaanxi, complex terrain and landforms, constrained construction conditions, and tight schedule periods, all builders have united their efforts, overcome difficulties, and pursued excellence. They strictly implemented safety production and quality control requirements, scientifically coordinated construction plans, optimized construction process flows, and orderly advanced key tasks including booster station construction, solar panel mounting bracket installation, module laying, collector line installation, and equipment debugging and calibration. Through refined management, standardized construction, and regularized problem-solving, they efficiently resolved various difficulties and bottlenecks during the construction process, steadily advanced the project construction progress, and successfully completed the perfect conclusion from first grid connection to full-capacity grid connection, fully demonstrating Huaneng's speed, Huaneng's responsibility, and Huaneng's quality.

[SMM Silver Weekly Review: Silver Prices Rebound After Initial Decline, Down Nearly 4% for the Week; Rate Hike Expectations and Geopolitical Risks Drive Wild Swings] Silver prices fell initially before rebounding this week, ending down nearly 4%. Hawkish remarks at Jackson Hole and surging US Treasury yields dominated the pullback in the first half of the week, while weaker ADP data and a pullback in the dollar drove the rebound in the second half. Spot discounts dominated transactions, with trading activity starting slow before picking up. Inventory built up by 26 mt, and ETF open interest edged down slightly. Silver prices are expected to maintain a wild swings pattern in the short term.