Central & East Asia

ADB supports 50MW Kazakhstan PV project, Siddiqsons applications for 100MW in Pakistan, ABB supplies 9MW Greece solar plant, Sonnedix refinances 32MW solar portfolio in France, Eni commissions solar water system in Angola.

Concessional loans of US$185 million to help build first 50MW of PV project and create privately-funded facility providing credits to PV developers.

Continuing a gargantuan tender spree, SECI is looking to procure solar and storage in desert and mountainous states as well as the far south.

India's solar tender spree continues with more alternative versions of the technology.

A 750MW solar PV auction for capacity in the Indian state of Rajasthan has drawn lowest bids that were four rupees per unit higher than India's record low.

The Northeastern states of India, which until now have been largely overlooked by the South Asian country's solar boom, will soon be the subject of a 1GW PV tender to be issued by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).

A grateful rooftop PV industry enjoys last week's US$1.6 billion support boost, but longs for a different subsidy model with fewer processes.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has carried out a 1.2GW solar auction in which the four lowest bidders stayed with the same tariff as their opening bid level.

Indian investigator recommends EVA sheet anti-dumping duties, ReNew Power secures up to $$350 Million financing from OPIC, Sungrow hits 3GW of shipments in India, MNRE approves funding for clean energy R&D, Tata Power Solar launches residential rooftop solution at Guwahati, Assam.

Homeowners across Afghanistan are set to benefit from the country's first pay-as-you-go (PAYG) home solar systems combined with energy storage batteries, being delivered in a pioneering new programme led by the IFC and d.Light.