Asia & Oceania

Launch of process to procure 500MW of grid-connected solar sees major Indian state push for low prices in line with earlier tenders this year.

‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, JA Solar has supplied 33.1MW of mono-PERC panels to Ukraine-based project developer, UDP Renewables for the Scythia-Solar-2 PV power plant in the Zaporizhia region of the country.

State-backed rooftop solar rebates of up to AU$2,225 will be released fortnightly after prior monthly cycles drew industry protests over 'boom-bust' dynamic.

PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) is including a number of key module reliability tests to its PV Module Product Qualification Program (PQP) that is more responsive to downstream market needs.

India's largest solar panel manufacturer, Waaree Energies said it was closing in on achieving cumulative solar module shipments of 2.5GW as its recent capacity expansions took nameplate production to 1.5GW.

The Victoria government has released new planning guidelines for large-scale solar farms to ease tensions between solar developers and local communities, but they are yet to come into effect.

Firm mourns loss of founder and former CEO after struggle with cancer, which saw him replaced by Zvi Lando as acting CEO earlier this month.

China added 11.4GW of solar capacity in the first half of 2019 – less than half the capacity installed a year prior.

Ginglong's Solis inverter brand came third among Asian manufacturers out of a total pool of 17 inverter manufacturers. It came 11th overall.

Project designed with 200MW/10MW capacity will add to the southern Australian state's already impressive solar pipeline.