Central & East Asia

Leading monocrystalline wafer producer and ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Green Energy Technology has achieved a front side power of more than 450W in its 72-cell bifacial half-cut module, a world record for this module type, tested and verified by TÜV-SÜD.

One analyst says latest poor show of interest is part of a worrying trend in cancellations and under subscriptions.

PV projects supplying power may be situated in or outside West Bengal, a state in Northeast India.

Japan has called on India to immediately review its safeguard duty on imported solar cells to ensure that products that have different characteristics from solar cells are excluded from the measure.

The largest hybrid solar and battery storage system in Russia will offer on- and off-grid services at the end of the transmission line.

The plant at Bhadla Solar Park brings Azure's tally to 1.6GW of operational solar assets.

Bridge to India estimates PV waste volumes will increase to 1.8 million tonnes by 2050 in the South Asian nation and has called for "immediate efforts" on related policy.

ADB offers US$100m for renewables in Pacific Islands, PetroSolar connects 20MW Filipino plant to Luzon grid, University of Queensland starts building 64MW solar farm, Technique Solaire bags financing for 47MW France portfolio.

UKCI invests in India's CleanMax Solar, Solek starts building 16MW of solar in Chile, Tata Power exemplifies Indian energy transition - IEEFA.

SECI had already issued an EPC tender for 150MW of solar at Singareni Collieries last year.