Asia & Oceania

Welcome to the PV Tech Best of the Week roundup, covering the week's biggest stories from the global solar industry.

Nava Limited commissioned a 100MW solar PV project in Zambia through MSEL, with power evacuation to the national grid underway.

ESR, a Singapore-headquartered real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate and data centres, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Aquila Clean Energy APAC.

Indian solar cell and module manufacturer Websol Energy System has secured land for the construction of its 4GW cell and module manufacturing plant in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.

LONGi has unveiled a hybrid interdigitated back contact (HIBC) solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 28.29%, a record for the company.

Waaree Energies will merge group company Indosolar with itself in a transaction valued at about INR 9.5 billion (US$ 99 million).

Norfund, the Norwegian government’s development finance vehicle, has invested US$100 million into Ampin Energy Transition.

ARENA has committed AU$25 million to Equans Solar & Storage for a three-year programme testing construction and operations technologies.

The NSW government has opened a consultation on what it describes as Australia's first mandatory solar module recycling scheme.

Dilip Buildcon agrees to divest its stake in 10 SPVs developing a 1.36GWac solar portfolio in Madhya Pradesh.