Central & East Asia

Chinese solar manufacturer Tongwei has planned to invest RMB20 billion (US$2.7 billion) in its Leshan project, in the Chinese province of Sichuan, to expand ingot pulling, slicing and cell production capacity, so as to accelerate the establishment of “China’s Green Silicon Valley”.

Continuing a downward trend of capacity additions, India has added 1.7GW of solar capacity in the second quarter of 2023, according to consultancy Mercom India Research.

ReNew Energy Global has published results for the first quarter of its 2024 financial year, which include profits of US$36 million.

GCL System Integration has agreed to supply 1.1GW of n-type solar modules to Indian renewables firm SAEL Industries.

China has announced a plan to establish a recycling system for retired solar PV panels by 2025.

Risen Energy has started commercial production of its Hyper-ion heterojunction solar modules, which boast a conversion efficiency of 23.89%.

Chinese solar tracker manufacturer Arctech has signed a supply contract with China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) to provide 1GW solar trackers in Uzbekistan.

The world’s top 10 solar inverter providers accounted for 86% market share in 2022, a year where the market saw a 48% increase in size year-on-year (YoY).

Chinese mounting system provider Antaisolar has signed a contract with EPC contractor Enter Engineering to supply a 470MWp solar tracking system to a project in Uzbekistan.

Total module shipments were up 36.2%, from 13GW in Q1, and n-type shipments rose 74.1%, up from just under 6GW.