Asia & Oceania

India has reached 20GW of cumulative solar installations with 18.4GW in utility-scale and 1.6GW in rooftop solar, according to Mercom India Research.

Taiwan-based market research firm, EnergyTrend expects Chinese end-market demand to contract slightly in 2018, after posting record installations for several years in a row and accounting for around 50% of global solar installations in 2017.

Gharo Solar (GSPL) has applied for a generation licence for a 50.1MW solar PV project in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, according to National Electric Power Authority (NEPRA).

Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has partnered Amsterdam-headquartered Photon Energy NV to co-develop five utility-scale solar power projects, with a total capacity of 1.14GW in New South Wales, Australia.

The US government has confirmed which countries shall be exempted from the newly-announced 30% import tariffs on solar cells and modules.

The US has confirmed that Pakistan will be exempt from the 30% import tariffs.

‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Solar, a subsidiary of LONGI Green Energy Technology, the largest monocrystalline wafer producer in the world has reported that TUV-SUD has verified its P-type monocrystalline PERC module to have a conversion efficiency of 20.41%, a new industry record.

Cypark Resources has secured an EPC and O&M contract from Cove Suria (CSSB) for a 30MW(AC) solar plant at Empangan Kelinchi, Negeri Sembila, Malaysia.

South Korea has requested consultations with the US government over its newly announced solar import tariffs, threatening legal action at the World Trade Organization (WTO) if the dispute is not resolved, according to documents filed at the WTO.

Inline solar cell measurement equipment specialist Aurora Solar Technologies (AST) said it was developing its technology to support heterojunction (HJ) solar cell development and Industry 4.0 initiatives in China for next-generation advanced solar manufacturing plants.