Central & East Asia

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.

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has auctioned 500MW of grid-connected solar capacity with winning tariffs in the range of INR2.55-2.66/kWh (US$3.6-3.8 cents).

India's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved its solar for farmers scheme that aims to support 25,750MW of solar by 2022 with INR344 billion (~US$4.84 billion) of central government backing.

The second phase of the programme targeting 40GW of rooftop solar by 2022 backs residential solar systems and incentivises Discoms.

Memorandum of understanding signed in Abu Dhabi by both countries also foresees the installation of 800-1,000MW LNG power plant.

Pretty much everything that could go wrong for Indian solar in 2018, did go wrong, but 2019 will be brighter, according to the 'India Solar Compass Q4 2018' report from Bridge to India.

India-based PV module manufacturer and EPC player commissions large solar project on difficult terrain for the local utility.