Asia & Oceania

SunPower-equipped plant in Iwate marks commercial launch two years after 27MW predecessor was linked in Ishikawa.

Company is also working on a neighbouring 111MW project as well as a large battery storage installation.

PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has published the 5th Edition of its PV Module Reliability Scorecard in partnership with DNV GL, which remains the most comprehensive publicly available comparison of PV module reliability test results.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, LONGi Solar expects to enter mass production of a newly developed ‘Seamless Soldering’ cell interconnect technology in the second-half of 2019.

Suntech claims its new HIPower Max series can outperform standard mono PERC modules on levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) by up to 6%.

China-based PV module manufacturer, Znshine PV tech has won a bid to supply solar panels to DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) based projects to be used in various residential projects as part of Shams Dubai.

Installation planned in Queensland progresses through permitting process after receiving go-ahead from state’s independent coordinator-general.

Tokyo’s main power company is using blockchain distributed ledger technology to assess how customers on its new renewable energy tariffs could use solar, batteries and electric vehicles to trade energy via the grid.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Canadian Solar has named an acting CEO as founder Dr. Shawn Qu recovers at hospital after being injured in an accident.

Tumbling module prices will help PV attain US$0.048/kWh costs in 2020 and outcompete 700GW of global coal, with India and Italy as the G20’s cheapest.