Asia & Oceania

BayWa renewable energy, a subsidiary of Munich-based BayWa, has acquired Perth-based PV distributor Solarmatrix.

This week's Movers & Shakers features expansion into new markets, renewable asset management and new executive appointments.

China-based renewable energy provider Huaneng Renewables reported first half 2016 revenue of RMB 4,914.3 million (US$735.58 million) a 25.3% increase over the prior year period, partially driven by a 26.1% increase in electricity generated from its PV power plant operations.

Rio gets solar map, JinkoSolar supplies Kuwait's first PV project

Electronic gases specialist, Linde has established a new R&D facility in Taiwan to better serve the growth in solar cell manufacturing capacity expansions in South East Asia.

CIS thin-film module manufacturer Solar Frontier has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MO) with Saudi Aramco and the Saudi Arabian National Industrial Cluster Development Program (NICDP) on the feasibility of establishing a thin-film module production plant in Saudi Arabia.

Inverter manufacturer ABB India has opened a solar inverter manufacturing facility in the southern city of Bangalore, which doubles the firm’s capacity in the country.

Solar tracker firm NEXTracker has delivered trackers to a 105MW PV plant developed by Indian conglomerate Adani in the state of Punjab.

Diversified renewable energy firm Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE) has reported first half year 2016 financial results wherein its grid connected PV Power plant capacity of 1,780MW is unchanged from the end of 2015.

Struggling former ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) Yingli Green Energy is showcasing several niche solar module products at SPI (Solar Power International) on September 12-15 in Las Vegas.