Asia & Oceania

Indian module manufacturer Waaree Energies has ramped up its module manufacturing capacity to 12GW to be operational by March 2023.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has clarified its position on the anti-circumvention solar investigation, saying it would allow the import of modules manufactured in third countries using Southeast Asian-made cells.

PV racking and tracker manufacturer Arctech has signed a 2.8GW tracker supply deal for a solar project in the Gujarat region of India.

Adani Solar, the solar PV manufacturing and research arm of the Indian conglomerate Adani Group, has produced India’s “first” large sized monocrystalline silicon ingot.

The Australian government has landed a deal to connect New South Wales’ Renewable Energy Zones and the Snowy 2.0 hydropower project to the grid with a A$7.8 billion (US$5.2 billion) investment.

Solar developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Australia has secured financial close on a 300MW solar farm in New South Wales, Australia.

US solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker has signed a master supply agreement with Amara Raja Power Systems to deliver its trackers to a 306MWp PV project from utility NTPC in India.

The government of Uzbekistan has awarded 500MW of solar capacity in its latest tender, launched in July 2022, with three winning solar projects.

Indian independent power producer (IPP) ReNew Power has signed an offtake agreement with tech giant Microsoft for 150MW of solar capacity in India.

Price monitoring institutions released the latest prices across the PV industrial chain on 15 December, all showing a downward trend.