Asia & Oceania

IHS Markit: Europe to add 19GW and US to overtake India in year where PV installations will reach 129GW worldwide and return to double-digit growth.

Major PV inverter manufacturer and EPC firm, Sungrow Power Supply Co has warned that net profit in the first quarter of 2019 would be lower than expected, due to a significant reduction in new PV grid connections in China.

Reports that twin 30%-by-2030 targets near adoption emerge after country was singled out by energy experts for doubling PV capacity in a single year.

Sunseap has received a US$37 million loan from ING that its subsidiary, Sunseap Commercial Assets, will use to develop a 50MW portfolio of rooftop solar projects.

LONGi’s bifacial modules added to Latin America's self-styled tallest timber building, Sungrow hits 40% inverter market share in Vietnam, SolarEdge in monitoring milestone.

Adding rooftop solar to India's small-scale business sector will be critical in the rush to its countrywide 40GW rooftop PV by 2022 target, but a new report has highlighted key barriers and solutions.

Major Indian PV developer says this is a 'special one-off case', while one analyst warns of potential escalation in time of trade anxiety.

Asia becomes major driver of 94GW PV addition worldwide, with other frontrunners including the US, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Egypt and Mexico.

Hongbin Fang, technical director of LONGi Solar says mono-PERC technology, including bifacial, will form the backbone of the solar sector in the immediate future.

Leading polysilicon and multicrystalline solar wafer producer, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings has reported a loss of RMB 1,011.4 million (US$150.7 million) for its ‘Solar Material Business’ unit in 2018, citing the demand impact from the China 531 New Deal that led to overcapacity and rapidly falling selling prices.