China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released statistics concerning the production of solar-grade glass so far this year. Up to the end of August, production reached 9.6 million tons, which is a year-on-year increase of 52.5%. Risen Energy intends to raise no more than $709 million for a heterojunction solar factory – 5 GW production capacity for cells and 10 GW for modules. Guosheng Energy is to invest $1.5 billion in manufacturing efforts including a 4 GW cell, 2 GW module heterojunction factory in Huainan, Anhui Province. This factory will also feature 10 GW of annual sodium-ion battery energy storage output. Xingfa Group is to invest $400 million in a factory featuring 50,000 tons of photovoltaic-grade glue production…