Asia & Oceania

Australia’s Labor Party will not support a deal on the Renewable Energy Target (RET) over its biennial reviews and the inclusion of wood waste from native forests, despite Coalition announcements that a deal had been reached.

Taiwanese crystalline silicon cell manufacturer Gintech Energy is to build a 350MW cell production facility in Thailand.

Business groups have called on Australia’s federal government and opposition to come to an agreement on the country’s Renewable Energy Targets (RET) to provide certainty for the renewables industry, but solar campaigners have said proposed targets are too low.

Leading solar panel manufacturer Yingli Green Energy announced today that it has filed for a 15-day extension of the due date to release its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2014.

Automotive equipment supplier JBM Group has announced plans to enter the solar market by building a combined 300MW of solar capacity in India over the next three years.

Germany-based PV materials manufacturer Heraeus is to open new R&D centres in mainland China and Taiwan.

Japanese firm Solar Frontier has completed its acquisition of the US project pipeline of developer Gestamp Solar.

Semiconductor equipment makers Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron have agreed to terminate plans for a merger after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) warned about loss of competition from the procedure.

A joint venture has completed construction of two floating solar power plants in Kato City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

SunPower today announced plans to partner with Apple to build two 20MW solar power projects in ABA Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefectures in Sichuan Province, China.