Asia & Oceania

OX2 has received government approval to build a 135MW solar-plus-storage site at a decommissioned coal mine site in NSW, Australia.

Juniper Green Energy has secured INR17.39 billion (US$197 million) in debt financing from government-backed Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA). 

A new MIT study has shown how many of the dramatic reductions in PV costs in the past 50 years were the result of innovations originating outside the solar industry.

ACE Power and Osaka Gas Energy Australia have joined forces to develop the 141MWdc Forbes Solar Farm in Australia.

The Government of Brunei Darussalam has broken ground on the 30MW solar PV power plant in Kampong Belimbing, the country’s largest solar facility to date.

The government of Indonesia has launched a programme that aims to build 100GW of solar PV in the coming years, mostly distributed across smaller projects in rural areas.

Australia’s New South Wales has increased its renewable energy targets to 16GW of new clean power generation by 2030 and 42GWh of long-duration energy storage (LDES) by 2034.

Greater awareness of UV light used to test solar cells could result in faster, more efficient assessments of long-term performance.

This week several solar developers have raised funds for projects around the world, including BRUC in Europe, Greenalia in the US, Qair in Mauritius and CREC in Philippines.

German renewable energy developer ib vogt has officially broken ground on a 99MWp solar PV power plant in South Cotabato, the Philippines.