1. Material Innovation: High‑Performance Steel Upgrades Bracket Technology

Baosteel’s “Sun Chaser” Series Green PV Mounts Debut at SNEC 2024

In June 2024, at the 17th SNEC International Photovoltaic Power Generation and Smart Energy Exhibition in Shanghai, Baosteel’s “Sun Chaser” series of green PV mounting products made a prominent appearance and won the “Megawatt‑level Jade Award”.

Using Danxia steel as its core material, Baosteel drove green innovation in PV power generation technology. In May 2024, monthly orders exceeded 12,000 tonnes. In northern, western, and central China markets, Baosteel supplied 7,000 tonnes of mounts for a tidal flat project, achieving the first large‑scale application of super weather‑resistant steel in a domestic marine tidal flat (C5 environment).

As of June 2024, Danxia steel had been supplied for more than 45,000 tonnes and used in 1.5 GW of PV projects across regions including Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Hubei, Shanxi, Xinjiang, and Shandong, covering diverse scenarios such as mountains, coal mine backfill, iron tailings sites, agrivoltaics, fishery‑solar hybrids, deserts, and coastal tidal flats.

Shangang Group Successfully Develops New Steel for PV Mounts

In November 2024, Shangang Group’s Rizhao Company successfully developed and rolled out a new steel product for new energy PV mounting structures. All indicators met customer requirements, marking a new breakthrough for Shangang in the new energy equipment market.

2. Tracking Mount Technology: Intelligence and High Reliability Become Mainstream

HDsolar Showcases Innovative Tracker Technology at Intersolar 2024

In June 2024, at Intersolar Europe in Munich, HDsolar demonstrated its core products and technological breakthroughs:

HDsolar has an annual production capacity exceeding 6,000 MW, holds over 100 patents, has installed 15 GW of tracking systems, and supplied PV mounting solutions to more than 50 countries and regions worldwide.

Clenergy Plans RMB 500 Million Investment for Smart Factory Expansion

In November 2024, Clenergy announced plans to issue convertible corporate bonds raising up to RMB 500 million. Of this, RMB 354 million will be used to build a smart distributed PV mounting system factory, and RMB 81.62 million for an energy R&D centre.

Clenergy has more than 17 years of experience in PV mounting manufacturing and is one of China‘s leading PV mounting manufacturers. According to its semi‑annual report, ground PV mounting system revenue increased by 102.21% year‑on‑year.

3. Flexible Mounts: LONGi Obtains Anchor Structure Patent

In December 2024, LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. obtained a patent for a “Flexible PV Mount Anchor Structure and PV Power Generation System” (Authorization No. CN 222122134 U).

The patented design includes a frame body, an adjustment component, and a rotating connector, enabling flexible connection between the cable and the fixing member through the rotating connector. The adjustment component includes a cable fixing member with cable holes for securing cables, and the axis of the rotating connector is perpendicular to the axis of the cable holes.

This design solves a key technical challenge in anchoring flexible mount cables, further advancing the maturity of flexible mount technology.