Asia & Oceania

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.

ET Solar has agreed to build a 70MWp solar power project in the Philippines with local partner, renewable energy developer Gate Solar Philippines.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has allocated up to US$15.2 million for a new research and development (R&D) round set to help industry-partnered projects that are looking to develop and commercialise renewable energy technologies.

Australia’s anti-dumping commission has terminated its investigation into alleged dumping of Chinese-made PV modules imported into the country.