Asia & Oceania

Google has signed virtual power purchase agreements (PPAs) with two Japanese companies to build 60MW of new solar capacity in Japan.

The module procurement tenders of China's state-owned enterprises have always been a barometer, revealing the fierce competition within the industry over everything from module technology to pricing.

Waaree Energies has signed an agreement to supply 445MW of modules to Statkraft India for a project in Bikaner, Rajasthan.

Indian solar installations increased by over 400% in the first quarter of 2024 to the highest quarterly deployment levels in its history.

Quarterly reports from China’s big-five PV module producers highlight the challenges PV manufacturers face in maintaining profitability.

Installed solar and wind capacity is set to treble from now until 2030, and treble again between 2030 and 2050 to reach 31TW, according to BloombergNEF (BNEF).

Over 200MW of new solar PV capacity will be brought online in New Zealand following two new partnerships established in the last week.

The global price of silver has continued to rise, with the average price increasing to RMB8,211/kilogram (US$32.03/ounce), a historical high.

The ISO has granted DMEGC Solar its ISO 14067 certification, to hold it to high standards of carbon footprint reporting.

The World Bank and Masdar have announced a US$159 million financing package to support a 250MW solar-plus-storage project in Uzbekistan.