Central & East Asia

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has announced its intent to buy 500MW worth of ‘firm and dispatchable’ clean power from grid-connected renewable energy projects in 25-year power purchase agreements (PPA).

Solar Module Super League member LONGi unveiled its Hi-MO 7 solar module at the 2023 edition of SNEC last month.

The Avaada Group has closed its latest funding round, which generated US$1.3 billion for the group’s solar and green hydrogen businesses.

Chinese module manufacturer JA Solar has signed an agreement with renewables company BayWa r.e to distribute solar modules in APAC.

Quanwei Technology, a new rising player in the heterojunction (HJT) field, has exhibited at Intersolar Europe, showcasing its portfolio of products, including its high-efficiency HJT series modules and energy storage solutions.

Sunport Power announced its “full black” series of solar modules, based on its Metal Back Contact (MBC)2.0 technology, at SNEC 2023.

The International Renewable Energy Agency has called for the world to add 551GW of solar capacity per year by 2030.

The National Energy Administration of China has unveiled that the country's newly added PV capacity in the first five months of 2023 was 61.2GW.

Polysilicon material prices have experienced a further decline recently, with the price of mono popcorn reaching a new low of RMB60/kg (US$8.3/kg).

Chinese solar company Huasun has launched its latest series of N-type silicon-based heterojunction solar cells.