Central & East Asia

Mega tenders are being pushed but actual progress is stagnating in India's PV sector, consultancy warns.

Water Island Capital urges its fellow Pattern shareholders to turn down acquisition offer by Canadian pension plan CPPIB, amid claims it ‘undervalues’ the owner of 4.4GW of solar and wind.

Another sizeable PV tender from India's largest distribution company.

Exemption on customs duty for cells and modules in India widely expected to be lifted later in the year but there are still legal barriers to overcome, says Bridge to India.

China Energy Engineering Corporation makes EPC arrangements with subsidiaries for US$500 million project.

Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in Japan for solar PV systems have now been provisionally set by the national Ministry of Energy Trade and Industry (METI) for the next financial year, which begins in April.

Large-scale PV developer taps Sumitomo for joint investment on big projects in a period of constraints.

1.2GW hybrid tender coupling hydro, batteries, solar and wind achieves highly competitive tariffs versus coal power, say prominent industry figures.

Project destined to provide power to National Electric Networks of Uzbekistan is first in a 1GW solar programme being developed by the government and the Asian Development Bank.

Adani's Mumbai-based utility awards Adani renewable energy developer with 700MW of hybrid capacity at lower tariff.