Central & East Asia

The world’s cumulative installed solar generation capacity has doubled between 2022 and 2024, to reach over 2,000TWh, according to Ember.

Donald Trump's announcement of "reciprocal" tariffs has triggered falls in the stock prices of major Chinese solar PV manufacturers.

India has nearly trebled its annual nameplate for solar cells from 9GW to 25GW between March 2024 and March 2025, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

GCL Technology has removed itself from the Xinjiang region and abandoned the Siemens method of polysilicon production.

Leading Chinese module manufacturer Trinasolar has developed an 808W solar module that uses perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.

Waaree Energies has commissioned a 5.4GW cell manufacturing facility in Gujarat, the largest cell manufacturing facility in India.

NHPC India has launched a tender for solar-plus-storage projects, aiming to secure 1.2GW of solar capacity and 600MW/2,400MWh of storage.

Toyo Solar plans to double its annual solar PV cell production capacity in Ethiopia, East Africa.

JinkoSolar shipped a record 99.6GW of products in 2024, but its operations delivered losses for the first time in the last five years.

The world added 451.9GW of new solar capacity in 2024, accounting for three-quarters of all new renewable power capacity commissioned last year.