Asia & Oceania

THDC India — a joint venture firm set up by the government of India and the government of Uttar Pradesh in order to develop hydro power projects — is reportedly planning to enter the solar energy market.

Bit-isle, a Japanese provider of information technology services, has announced it has completed the first phase of its Hiroshima Mega Solar project which is due to come online on 1 February 2013.

The Ministry of Industry and Energy of Azerbaijan is to invest US$8.9 billion to increase renewables generation to 20% by 2020.

Shizen Energy, a Japanese renewable energy project developer, and German PV developer juwi have established a new joint venture company called juwi Shizen Energy.

Astonfield Renewable Resources, a provider of renewable energy in emerging markets, has announced that its Co-Chairman Ameet Shah is to take on a key advisory role to the US government.

The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) has announced that imports of Chinese cells and modules into the US fell to their lowest level in November 2012.

Global Logistic Properties (GLP) has announced it will install solar panels on 305,000 square metres of rooftop space over 22 buildings in Japan, including Greater Tokyo and Osaka.

Vertically integrated PV manufacturer LDK Solar has sold shares worth US$31,110,000 to Fulai Investment.

The Japanese Ministry of Economy has announced that Japan installed 1,398MW since April last year.