Asia & Oceania

India-based renewable energy firms Suzlon Energy and Axis Energy Group have signed a provisional agreement with the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to develop up to 4GW of solar, wind and hybrid renewable energy projects.

Nanjing GCL New Energy — a subsidiary of GNE — has signed off on a 100MW module supply agreement with CNI Energy for RMB (US$61 million). The modules will be provided for Nanjing’s GCL New Energy’s 100MW PV project in Funan County, Anhui Province.

Trina Solar has signed off on a supply deal with Toyo Engineering to provide 96.2MW of solar modules to the Hosoe Mega Solar Project, which is currently being developed by Energy K.K. and is expected to be the largest solar plant in Kyushu, Japan.

Manz, supplier of manufacturing equipment to the solar, energy storage and electronics industries has been forced to lay off 174 members of staff.

Indian integrated solar firm Tata Power Solar has commissioned one of the world’s largest rooftop PV projects standing at 12MW in Punjab.

Concrete action in the Indian solar sector this year has countered scepticism over the 266GW of clean energy pledges made earlier this year, according to a new report.

Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla Nuvo has won all 150MW in a solar auction held by the Indian state of Haryana at a tariff of INR5.08 (US$0.076)/kWh.

The Clean Energy Council (CEC), a body representing the renewables industry in Australia, has written to federal and state government ministers citing various barriers to the progress of clean energy in the country.

Solar Frontier has broken a conversion efficiency record for CIS thin-film solar cells that has stood for over a year, achieving 22.3% efficiency on a 0.5cm² PV cell.

India’s government has now approved 27 solar parks, bringing the aggregate capacity to 18,418MW across 21 states and union territories.