Central & East Asia

Clean energy researcher Bridge To India has released its “Solar Map 2022” report, displaying the state of the Indian solar market as of December last year. The infographic report shows that state-by-state solar deployments continued to be inconsistent and that domestic module and cell supply accounted for far less capacity than imports, though overall installments still remain impressive.

On March 22, the Silicon Industry branch updated the latest silicon price information, which maintained a descending trend.

The Commercial and Industrial (C&I) renewables market in India is expected to grow by 47GW over the next five years, as policy tailwinds and decarbonisation targets spur growth.

IRENA said a total of 192GW of solar capacity was installed in 2022, up 22% yoy.

Huasun’s Himalaya G12 module has announced a certified output of 723.97W, with conversion efficiency reaching 23.3% certified by TÜV SÜD.

Indian independent power producer Hero Future Energies has planned to invest INR30,000 crore (US$3.6 billion) in renewables in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Solar capacity grew significantly in India last year, and renewables dominated the country's power generation capacity additions in 2022, according to a study conducted by Ember.

Japanese annual PV market size for 2022 is estimated to be 6.5GWDC, which is about the same volume as 2021.

Solar inverter and solutions provider Solinteg is opening a new factory in the Chinese city of Wuxi that will add an initial 4GW of manufacturing capacity as the company aims to meet increasing demand for its products.

JinkoSolar has finished 2022 with 44.5GW of solar modules shipped globally and expects to have 60% of all shipments in 2023 from its n-type products.