[SMM Photovoltaic] IKEA Retailer Ingka Group Expands Iberian Green Footprint with Twin Spanish Solar Acquisitions

Recently, AIKO entered into a cooperation agreement with Infinity Power, a leading renewable energy supplier in Africa, to supply 773.5 MW of high-efficiency ABC modules for three utility-scale solar projects in South Africa. With the signing of this agreement, the cumulative scale of cooperation between the two parties in Africa has surpassed 2 GW, marking another milestone in AIKO's continued expansion in the centralized market across the Middle East and Africa.

According to the National Intellectual Property Administration, Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co., Ltd. has filed a patent application titled "Method for Preparing a Solar Cell," with publication number CN122892299A and an application date of June 2026. The patent abstract shows that the present disclosure relates to the technical field of solar cells and discloses a method for preparing a solar cell. The method for preparing a solar cell includes: forming a first doped semiconductor layer on the light-receiving surface of a base layer, and forming a second doped semiconductor layer on the back surface of the base layer; at least one of the first doped semiconductor layer and the second doped semiconductor layer includes alternately arranged contact regions and non-contact regions, where the surface of the contact regions protrudes relative to the surface of the non-contact regions, and the doping concentration of the contact regions is greater than that of the non-contact regions; or, forming alternately arranged first doped semiconductor layers and second doped semiconductor layers on the back surface of the base layer, where the first doped semiconductor layers and the second doped semiconductor layers are configured as contact regions; and forming a first electrode and a second electrode. The present disclosure achieves regionally differentiated treatment, reduces contact resistance, and improves the open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current of the cell.

On October 12, the 2026 World New Energy and New Materials Conference grandly opened in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. With the theme of "Diverse Synergy and Multi-Energy Complementarity to Co-create a New Global Energy Ecosystem," the conference aims to thoroughly implement the national energy security strategy, share experience in energy transition from northern China, promote the development of the entire new energy and new materials industry chain, and build a global, professional platform for government-industry-academia-research-application exchange and cooperation. Focusing on core topics such as building a national demonstration model for multi-energy complementary industries, promoting the clean transition of traditional energy and the coupled development of new energy and new materials, and accelerating independent breakthroughs in key technologies, the conference seeks to attract global industrial, scientific, and capital resources to Inner Mongolia and Ordos, and jointly build a safe, low-carbon, open, and win-win global energy ecosystem.