Asia & Oceania

Cloud Control, Vance Joy, Midnight Oil back scheme allowing artists to finance 34.55MW farm and others, with plans to sell power to Australia’s grid.

Inline solar cell measurement equipment specialist Aurora Solar Technologies (AST) has won an order ahead of SNEC 2019 from another major China-based manufacturer of high-efficiency PERC solar cells.

Major PV materials supplier, Heraeus Photovoltaics has launched eight, next-generation, high-performance metallization pastes at SNEC PV Power Expo 2019.

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.