Asia & Oceania

SmartestEnergy has signed a power purchase agreement with Mytilineos for the latter’s proposed Kingaroy solar farm in Queensland, Australia.

Chinese ambassador to South Africa Chen Xiaodong has offered to provide the South African grid with 66GW of solar infrastructure.

2022 saw the solar PV market enter a ‘new growth dimension’, where 239GW of solar capacity was added across the world representing two thirds of all new renewables capacity.

Solar Philippines Neva Ecija Corporation (SPNEC) has planned to start construction later this year on its 3.5GW solar farm in the Philippines.

CSI Solar has completed its initial public offering (IPO) and begun trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange as of June 9th.

A newly-created, equipment-supplier-led PV consortium could be vital for the future of domestic US solar manufacturing.

Arctech has signed an agreement to provide solar trackers for 242MW of an upcoming solar facility in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

JA Solar has announced a plan to construct a project in the Ordos High-Tech Zone, with an annual production capacity of 30GW ingots, 10GW silicon wafers, and 10GW modules. The total investment amounted to about RMB6.02 billion (US$870.1 million). 

Component manufacturer BENY's Ivan Qi speaks with PV Tech's David Evans during SNEC 2023, in Shanghai, China.

Ashley Wang of N-type specialist Solar N Plus talks to PV Tech director David Evans at this year's SNEC in Shanghai, China.