Asia & Oceania

India's renewable energy ministry has extended the exemption from the ALMM List-II on PV cells for net-metering and open-access solar projects until the end of December 2026.

JA has begun shipping modules under a multi-gigawatt order bound for a 5.2GW “round-the-clock” solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi.

Lodestone Energy and Centralines have started construction on the 31.5MWp Central Hawke's Bay solar PV power plant.

Alpex Solar expects commercial production to begin in August 2026 at its 2.2 GW TOPCon G12R solar cell facility in Kosi Kotwan, Mathura, UP.

LONGi’s has unveiled a suite of new technologies intended to demonstrate how the PV industry can innovate its way out of its current malaise.

LONGi's crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell has achieved a power conversion efficiency of 35.5%.

The first Chinese polysilicon manufacturer has secured a certification from the Solar Stewardship Initiative’s (SSI) supply chain traceability standard.

Zero-E has received 5.3.4A Connection Approval for the 145MWac Moranbah solar-plus-storage site in Queensland.

Harmony Energy New Zealand has energised the 202MWp Tauhei solar PV power plant near Te Aroha in the Waikato region.

Australia will move to ensure large-scale data centres are required to put at least as much green energy into the grid as they draw from it.