Asia & Oceania

Registrations for tender 4 of Australia’s CIS opened on 28 November, seeking 6GW of renewable energy capacity in the NEM.

Technical consulting firm Enertis Applus+ has launched its mobile laboratory for on-site tests of solar PV modules in the Australian market.

India installed around 13.2GW of new utility-scale solar capacity from January through September this year, a roughly 161% increase.

Chinese solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar has submitted plans for a 600MW solar-plus-storage project in Queensland, Australia, to the federal government.

The Australian government has commenced a review of the National Electricity Market (NEM) to identify how it will operate in the coming decades and facilitate the uptake of solar PV.

PV Tech spoke with Chen Fangzhou of Tongewi Solar, to learn more about the company's aspirations for the Australian solar PV market.

PV Talk: Despite the gloomy headlines emanating from the recent COP29 climate negotiations, Global Solar Council CEO Sonia Dunlop tells Tom Kenning how for solar PV the picture was brighter, with progress made on grids, storage and the cost of capital.

Shanghai Electric has won the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build the 2GW Al-Sadawi PV project in Saudi Arabia.

New Zealand solar PV and energy storage installer SolarZero, backed by private equity giant BlackRock, entered liquidation yesterday (26 November).

Helena Li, president at Trinasolar, spoke with PV Tech about diversifying solar manufacturing and localising products for specific markets.