Central & East Asia

March 4, 2016
China is planning to create a ‘green certificates’ market to promote renewable energy and reduce its use of fossil fuel-based power, under proposals from the country's National Energy Administration (NEA),
March 4, 2016
Japan's government has given its clearest indication to date of planned rule changes around renewable energy policy, including official confirmation that a tender process is being put before its parliament for the 2017 financial year.
March 3, 2016
One in three off-grid households worldwide will use solar products by 2020, according to a new report from the World Bank and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
March 2, 2016
The Indian state of Uttarakhand has invited applications for the installation of 10MW of grid-connected rooftop PV and small-scale solar systems of 5kW size each.
March 1, 2016
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar is adding 1GW of solar module capacity per quarter through to the end of the first-half of 2016 to meet the ‘minimum’ expected demand for its products.
March 1, 2016
Israeli firm SolarEdge is launching its commercial inverter in the Japanese PV market.
March 1, 2016
PV Cycle, a not-for-profit take-back and waste management programme for solar PV technology in Europe, has launched a service in Japan.
February 29, 2016
PV manufacturer China Sunergy (CSUN) has been threatened by the NASDAQ that its shares could be de-listed due to non-compliance with the US$1.0 minimum trading price rule.
February 29, 2016
Distressed PV thin-film producer Hanergy Thin Film has finally issued a profit warning and business update that reveals the extent of the dependence on its parent company and its dire financial position.
February 29, 2016
A levy, or cess, on coal and other fossil fuels in India will be doubled from INR200 (US$2.93) per tonne to INR400 per tonne, under the latest Budget announced today by minister of finance Arun Jaitley.

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