Asia & Oceania

India has nearly trebled its annual nameplate for solar cells from 9GW to 25GW between March 2024 and March 2025, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

GCL Technology has removed itself from the Xinjiang region and abandoned the Siemens method of polysilicon production.

A round-up of news from China with the price of solar wafers going up, TCL Zhonghuan shipping over 200GW of 210mm wafers and Complant securing an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for a PV project in Congo.

PV Talk: “Our best chance of establishing a viable solar industry is in partnership with China,” Brett Hallam tells PV Tech Premium.

PERC solar PV technology is “all but obsolete” in Europe, as the flow of cheap N-type products coming from China is unlikely to abate.

US data and technology giant Meta has signed a renewable energy purchase agreement (REPA) for a 150MWp floating solar project in Singapore.

Pacific Energy has completed developing a 61MW solar-wind hybrid renewable energy project to power a gold mine in Western Australia.

Gstar Solar has received solar equipment - monocrystalline growth furnaces - for its 3GW wafer manufacturing plant in Indonesia.

Leading Chinese module manufacturer Trinasolar has developed an 808W solar module that uses perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.

Waaree Energies has commissioned a 5.4GW cell manufacturing facility in Gujarat, the largest cell manufacturing facility in India.