Asia & Oceania

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA) have jointly released the first batch of grid parity projects for 2019, which include a total of 168 PV power plant projects, accounting for 14.78GW.

Development duo share plans for US$41m of debt to back 55MW project in Gegharkunik province, to be built by Dutch-Spanish consortium.

Turkish EPC 77 Group secures loans from ADB, CFPS II for project it will build in Kandahar through public-private partnership.

Monopoly utility EVN warns of forthcoming grid integration challenges but aims to help investors hit COD targets.

Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, JinkoSolar has received the Intersolar Award 2019 for its Swan bifacial module with a transparent backsheet developed by DuPont.

Solarpack to buy 43MW of Peru solar projects, Ichigo and Softbank bring Japanese solar plants into operation, Armenian government grants VAT adjournment for imports on 55MW solar plant.

Fund management firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has established a new fund to invest in greenfield renewable energy infrastructure primarily in Asia and Latin America, with expectations of reaching US$1 billion by the final close.

Rush in Asian state could lead to an increase in module prices of 10-15%.

Risen Energy launched its Heterojunction Double-sided Technology module at Intersolar Europe and immediately called for collective efforts to drive down its cost.

BayWa r.e.’s solar boats and Ocean Sun’s panel membranes contend for spotlight at packed session in Munich, with audience probing into costs.