Asia & Oceania

Indonesia aims to reach net-zero and expand the country’s installed solar capacity to 264.6GW by the middle of the century.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will invest AU$11 million (US$6.9 million) in Australian solar technology company SunDrive Solar to support the commercial scale-up of SunDrive’s novel solar cell metallisation technology.

Decreasing polysilicon average selling price (ASP) has reduced by a third China-based polysilicon manufacturer Daqo New Energy’s revenue in the third quarter of 2023.

Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired a 200-hectare site to build a polysilicon manufacturing facility in Townsville, Australia.

Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member JinkoSolar shipped 21.3GW of solar modules and 1.2GW of cells and wafers in Q3 2023, an increase of 21.4% sequentially and 108.2% year-on-year (YoY).

The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association announced that the average transaction price of M10 mono-silicon wafer has dropped by 6.96%.

India's solar module exports to the US and Europe will likely to peak in 2025 and experience a decline starting from 2026 as domestic manufacturing plants will be operational in these regions, according to a recent research from energy analyst JMK Reseach.

Trina Solar has signed a module supply agreement with the Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation to supply 700MW of modules to the company.

This week, module manufacturers around the world have announced new manufacturing facilities, and new records for their modules.

Trina Solar has signed an agreement with the MPower Group to supply modules and trackers for the latter’s 200MW solar portfolio in Australia.