[SMM PV News] German Startup Launches Passive Exoskeleton Device for PV Installers

On July 2, the tender failure announcement for the PV module procurement (the second tender) of the Luzhou Generation-Grid-Load-Storage Integrated Energy Project (Phase I) was released. The announcement disclosed that the second tender was opened on June 30, 2026. As fewer than three bidders submitted the bid security, this tender failed. The section will be re-tendered in accordance with regulations. Previously, when this section was opened on May 22, 2026, it also failed because fewer than three bidders submitted bids.

On June 30, 2026, with the commissioning of the Huaneng Dezhou Xiaomiaozhuang 30 MW wind power project, the total installed capacity of wind and PV power in Shandong reached 130.56 million kW, and its share of the province’s total installed electricity capacity exceeded 50% for the first time in history, reaching 50.18%. This meant that wind and solar power, as new energy sources, officially became the mainstay of Shandong’s installed electricity capacity. Even more encouraging, if biomass and other new energy sources were included, Shandong’s installed new energy capacity had reached 135.51 million kW by the end of June, accounting for 52.09%; adding nuclear and hydropower, the province’s non-fossil energy installed capacity reached 145.3 million kW, with a share as high as 55.85%.

Recently, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology drafted the Guiding Opinions on the Development and Construction of PV in Zhejiang’s Industrial Sector (Draft for Soliciting Comments) and is now soliciting public opinions. The opinions point out that, in accordance with the work deployment of the provincial Party committee and government on achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality, this guidance is formulated to comprehensively promote the development and construction of PV in the industrial sector, accelerate the building of a new-type energy system, and strive for the green and low-carbon transformation of manufacturing. The opinions require that, based on the principle of “install wherever possible, prioritize self-consumption, and feed surplus electricity to the grid,” and taking into account the grid’s consumption and carrying conditions, the structural safety of factory buildings, and the actual production and operation needs of enterprises, every effort shall be made to promote industrial PV development and construction. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the proportion of PV installed on available building rooftops of new industrial plants in the province shall reach 100%, and for existing industrial plants, PV shall be installed wherever possible on available rooftops. All efforts shall be made to achieve the target of 10 million kW of newly added industrial PV installations.