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Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos Jr speaks at the event. Image: Presidential Communications Office

‘Decisive action on climate’: World’s largest solar PV and battery project underway in Philippines

November 25, 2024
Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos Jr attended as construction began on what is thought to be the world’s largest power plant to combine solar PV and battery storage.
Image: Namkoo Solar.

Asian Development Bank signs deals with Solomon Islands and Tonga to bolster Pacific solar PV

November 25, 2024
The ADB has partnered with the governments of the Solomon Islands and Tonga to support each state’s energy transition.
A Waaree manufacturing plant.
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Can India hit 80GW of solar cell capacity by 2026 and emerge as a dominant US supplier?

November 22, 2024
India’s traditional reliance on assembling PV modules using Chinese-made cells is undergoing a dramatic shift.
Policies to drive down the embodied carbon of solar hardware could have broader benefits. Image: Trina Solar.

Trinasolar sets new i-TOPCon PV cell record with 26.58% conversion efficiency

November 22, 2024
Trinasolar has achieved a conversion efficiency of 26.58% for a bifacial industrial tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell.
The Surallah solar plant in the Philippines, which is owned by ib vogt. Image: ib vogt

J&V Energy enters the Philippines utility-scale solar market with 180MW acquisition

November 22, 2024
Taiwan-headquartered developer J&V Energy has entered the utility-scale solar PV sector in the Philippines by acquiring a 180MW power plant in General Santos.
Adani Solar's booth at RE+ 2024 in Anaheim, California.

Gautam Adani charged in US with ‘massive’ US$250 million solar contract bribery scheme

November 21, 2024
Gautam Adani is accused of allegedly paying US$250 million in bribes to Indian officials to secure solar energy contracts.
Image: SEC.

OX2 to deliver AU$370 million state-owned solar-plus-storage site in Victoria, Australia

November 21, 2024
Swedish solar developer OX2 has been contracted by Victoria’s State Electricity Commission (SEC) in Australia to deliver a 100% state government-owned 119MW solar-plus-storage project.
Image: GoodWe.
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‘Trust and confidence’ central to GoodWe’s Australian expansion

November 20, 2024
PV Tech spoke with GoodWe's Dean Williamson to learn more about its presence within the New Zealand and Australian solar PV markets.
Shipping containers on a boat.

China to decrease export tax rebate rate for some PV products to 9%

November 20, 2024
Starting from December 1 2024, the export tax rebate rate for some PV products and batteries will be lowered from 13% to 9% in China. 
Chart of floating solar PV capacity additions globally from 2024 to 2033

Floating solar to reach 77GW by 2033, led by APAC region

November 20, 2024
WoodMackenzie has forecast floating solar PV (FPV) installations to reach 77GW by 2033, with 1.7GW of capacity additions in 2024.

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