Asia & Oceania

The World Bank has approved a loan of around US$600 million to support the development of 540MW of new solar and wind capacity in Indonesia.

The global solar tracker market expanded by 20% in 2024 to a record size, according to energy research firm Wood Mackenzie.

Atlantic Blue – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysian solar company Solarvest – will build Brunei’s largest national solar project through joint venture Seri Suria Power, alongside Serikandi Oilfield Services and Khazanah Satu.

Amazon plans to invest AU$20 billion to expand Australia’s data centre infrastructure, with utility-scale solar PV plants set to power these.

Indian solar developer Solarium Green Energy has planned to build a 1GW module manufacturing plant in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

Chinese solar manufacturer LONGi has launched a new Hybrid Interdigitated Back-Contact (HIBC) module during SNEC 2025, held in Shanghai, China.

SNEC 2025 takeaways: TOPCon modules set benchmark power at 650W, a wave of BC modules and perovskite tandem cells gains momentum.

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen Australia has confirmed that its 440MW Culcairn solar PV power plant in New South Wales has entered the commissioning phase.

PV Talk: Vinay Rustagi, director of Indian solar manufacturer Premier Energies, discusses the company’s upstream manufacturing plans and why he believes India can become a counterweight to Chinese PV hegemony.

The government of Pakistan has proposed to impose an 18% general sales tax (GST) on imported solar panels in its Federal Budget 2025-2026.