Asia & Oceania

Saibu Gas, a Japanese gas provider, has announced plans to construct two PV facilities in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, with a combined capacity of 3.2MW..

Lixil Corporation, a Japanese building materials supplier, is planning to construct a 6.35MW PV facility in the city of Sukagawa, in the prefecture of Fukushima, Japan.

Chinese PV project developer Sky Solar has connected its 30MW PV facility located in the city of Alar in the Akesu region in Xinjiang province, China.

PV project developers, Euro Solar Power Private Limited and Aatash Power Pvt. Ltd., selected Renewable Energy Corporation’s (REC) ‘Peak Energy’ modules for separate projects totalling 10MW.

For the fourth time in two years China has increased its solar energy target from 21GW by 2015 to 35GW.

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

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.

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.

India’s third largest solar panel manufacturer Tata Power Solar will shift focus from an export-oriented firm to a domestic engineering, procurement and construction service provider.

Investment director Edward Douglas from Singapore-based Armstrong Asset Management is the latest leading solar energy expert to confirm he will be speaking at the inaugural Solar Business Expo Southeast Asia in Thailand this March.