Central & East Asia

Canadian Solar has raised JPY22 billion (US$208 million) for its Japan Green Infrastructure Fund (JGIF), which will develop and accumulate solar projects in the Asian country.

Trina Solar has announced that a host of inverters that are compatible with 210mm modules are being launched, a development the company says will streamline the PV supply chain.

Chenya Energy is planning to further expand its floating PV (FPV) portfolio following the completion of the world’s largest offshore solar plant, a 181MWp project off the west coast of Taiwan.

Leading solar companies back pledge to develop traceability protocol in the industry's supply chain.

The first tranches of a 300MW utility-scale solar project built on a coastal tidal flat in China have been connected to the grid.

Solar developer agrees loans to finance 100MW solar PV plant in southern Uzbekistan.

Japanese solar begins building a 77MW solar power plant in Hyogo Prefecture.

Singapore-headquartered renewables producer Vena Energy has acquired a 162MW solar PV project in Japan from Spanish developer X-ELIO.

Global solar PV capacity is predicted to exceed wind for the first time, IEA reports

Russia-based high-efficiency heterojunction solar module producer Hevel Group has announced it won 40MW of PV projects in a recent renewables auction in Kazakhstan.