Asia & Oceania

The largest monocrystalline wafer producer, LONGi Green Energy Technology Co has signed a project investment agreement with the local government of Taizhou City, China to expand its PV module assembly capacity by 5GW at the Taizhou New Energy Industrial Park.

Up to 8MW of PV will be rolled out under scheme designed by Eneo, billed by its promoters as first cross-border PPAs for rooftop PV.

According to DuPont Photovoltaic and Advanced Materials latest ‘Global PV Reliability Study’ that focuses on field inspection and analysis of 6.5 million modules, 355 installations and 1.8GW of total power, PV backsheet material defects have increased by a significant 47% from the 2018 report.

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to set up a committee to help resolve disputes between solar or wind developers and the two major state-run off-takers.

TÜV Rheinland has awarded the first small group of PV module manufacturers with certification against LeTID (Light and elevated Temperature Induced Degradation), also known as Carrier Induced Degradation (CID).

Development financier and aid agency to invest heavily in clean energy projects, energy efficiency and power sector reform in the region.

Major China-headquartered PV module manufacturer, Jiangsu Seraphim Solar System Co has received ‘Top Performer’ status in PVEL’s (PV Evolution Labs) 2019 PV Module Reliability Scorecard for the PID (Potential Induced Degradation) test.

Singapore-based clean energy major enters into JV with local firm to build distributed PV over three-year period.

Russian firm Hevel Group has started construction of the 100MW Nura solar power station located in the Akmola region.

Thai power major puts two huge projects into commercial operation in time to receive a generous feed-in tariff.