Category Archives: Suntech Connect
Welcome to Suntech Connect, the official Suntech blog. Founded in 2001 by renowned solar scientist Dr. Shi Zhengrong, Suntech is the world’s largest producer of solar panels and now has more than 5 gigawatts of installed capacity in over 80 countries, providing clean, renewable energy to two million people. Our goal is to supply electricity to 20 million people worldwide via our solar technologies by 2020. Already, Suntech panels generate enough energy to power Kenya.
Suntech Power: We Practice Sustainability
At Suntech, we believe in practicing what we preach. Since our humble beginnings more than a decade ago, we’ve shipped more than 7 gigawatts of solar products to customers in more than 80 countries — that’s enough panels to generate roughly 9 terawatt-hours of electricity! (Check out the infographic here) As we’ve grown, we’ve made [...]
Thailand’s Largest Silicon PV Plant
Earlier this year, Suntech supplied solar panels to the largest silicon photovoltaic power plant in Southeast Asia. Thailand is known for its sunny beaches and warm hospitality, and its solar energy industry is now drawing attention as well. The ‘Sunny Bangchak’ solar plant, which went operational this year, is a 44-megawatt project located in Bang [...]
Solar Panels = Commodity?
More and more, industry watchers are using the words “solar” and “commodity” in the same sentence. Certainly, panel prices have dropped rapidly over the past few years, and talk has abounded of more customers making product choices based primarily on cost. But to view solar panels as a commodity in the same way that eggs [...]
Success Strategies: Wind vs. Solar
Solar and wind industries share the same end goal of cleaner energy production worldwide — but each deploys vastly different technologies and methods to get there. How did each industry gain its following? Let’s take a look. Solar photovoltaic cells can be installed at any scale and made to work anywhere there is sunlight. Indeed, [...]
The Future of the Solar Industry
Myths about the use of solar energy abound. There’s the idea that solar panels are inefficient, unreliable or hard to maintain. Another myth states that solar panels are too expensive for widespread usage. (All untrue!) Perhaps one of the most persistent fallacies about solar is that PV panels can’t provide the energy you need when [...]
285 Days of Rain A Year Hasn’t Stopped European Solar Industry
Everyone knows the United Kingdom gets a lot of rain – up to 285 days per year – but that hasn’t stopped solar panels from dotting up on rooftop after rooftop. Indeed, despite having one of the wettest climates in all of Europe, the UK has stealthily become one of the continent’s largest solar markets. [...]
“Solar” and “Jobs” = BFF
Did you know that for every megawatt of solar power produced and installed, 30 jobs are created worldwide1? The solar industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world, making it a tremendous job creator. With coal mines employing a mere 0.18 workers per megawatt2 and wind plants 17, solar energy accounts for more [...]
Panzi Hospital Saved by Suntech’s CGI Promise
Decades of conflict, poverty and lack of government investment have left the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) healthcare system in tatters. Today only 20% of the population has access to healthcare. The situation is further aggravated by the fact that the country’s infrastructure is in poor condition, making medical access for remote communities extremely difficult. [...]
What Power Generation is Doing to the Environment
Did you know that it could take 40 years for biomass emissions to reach the adverse impact of coal-fired emissions? Coal plants release a whopping 1,000 grams of carbon dioxide for every kWh of electricity. On the other hand, the emissions from solar plants are so low (<0.2 g/kWh on average for most air toxins), [...]