Asia & Oceania

Glenn Davis at Kiwa PI Berlin writes about why quality assurance has become one of the foundations for a solar PV project's bankability.

According to the Silicon Industry Branch, the average price of n-type G10L monocrystalline wafers dropped 3.61% month-on-month.

Australia's National Electricity Market recorded a combined 3,320GWh of solar generation in July 2026, comprising 1,448GWh from utility-scale assets and 1,872GWh from rooftop systems.

Trinasolar has been selected to supply solar modules for the Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia project in New South Wales, Australia.

German solar research centre the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has signed an agreement with Himachal Pradesh University to pursue research into floating solar PV.

Avaada has secured approximately US$1.3 billion in debt to fund a 2.15GW portfolio of hybrid and solar projects in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Singapore-based renewable energy developer PCG Global has closed its Pre-Series A financing round, with GenZero, a fully owned decarbonisation investment platform under Temasek, acting as the lead investor.

Australia's installed cost of utility-scale solar has not fallen at the pace required to reach the country's “ultra-low-cost solar” (UCLS) ambitions, despite continued progress in cell and module efficiency.

Australia's CEC calls for a national ‘Renewable Resources Payment’ scheme, requiring a legislated payment for every MWh of renewables.

Renewables supplied 42.1% of electricity generated across Australia's NEM in the three months to June 2026, a new quarterly high for Q2.