Asia & Oceania

The International Renewable Energy Agency has called for the world to add 551GW of solar capacity per year by 2030.

The National Energy Administration of China has unveiled that the country's newly added PV capacity in the first five months of 2023 was 61.2GW.

Polysilicon material prices have experienced a further decline recently, with the price of mono popcorn reaching a new low of RMB60/kg (US$8.3/kg).

Grounding issues and damaged modules are the most common safety problems among rooftop solar projects, according to Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

Chinese solar company Huasun has launched its latest series of N-type silicon-based heterojunction solar cells.

Singaporean Renewables company Nexif Ratch Energy has completed a financial close and begun construction of a 74MWp ground-mounted solar PV project in the Philippines.

Saudi energy provider ACWA Power has signed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with China Energy Group Corporation (CEEC) for a 1.4GW solar project in Uzbekistan.

The National University of Singapore and REC Solar have launched a US$57.4 million (S$77 million) solar cell research initiative.

Chinese solar cell manufacturer Aiko Solar has signed a 1.3GW supply agreement with German solar and energy storage wholesaler Memodo at Intersolar.

The largest of the newly launched TOPCon modules with a power range of 585 to 605Wp provides up to 22.9% efficiency. "This is currently the highest efficiency for a TOPCon module in the market," according to European marketing director Andre Bodenhagen.