Central & East Asia

Astronergy and JA Solar have 'reached an agreement on cross-licencing' of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) patents moving forward.

LONGi has acquired system integrator PotisEdge, and plans to launch an ‘Energy Storage One-Stop Solution’.

The South Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance has unveiled a plan to invest KRW33.6 billion (US$22.9 million) in research and development (R&D) by 2026 in solar tandem cell and module technology.

Indian solar PV manufacturer Vikram Solar has started commercial operations at its 5GW Vallam module manufacturing facility in India.

Chinese manufacturers account for nine of the world’s top ten polysilicon producers, led by Tongwei, GCL Technology and Daqo New Energy.

ACME Platinum has signed a PPA with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for a 200MW solar-plus storage project in India.

India’s Railway Energy Management Company (REMC) has awarded 1GW of contracts to supply the railway network with round-the-clock (RTC) renewable energy.

ib vogt has entered a strategic partnership with Ingka Investments for a 210MW solar project in Rajasthan, India.

Tata Power Renewable Energy has commissioned a 300MW solar PV project for Indian hydropower company NHPC in Rajasthan. 

JinkoSolar shipped just over 20GW of solar PV modules in the third quarter of this year, down sequentially from the previous quarter.