Central & East Asia

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

Saudi energy provider ACWA Power has signed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with China Energy Group Corporation (CEEC) for a 1.4GW solar project in Uzbekistan.

Chinese solar cell manufacturer Aiko Solar has signed a 1.3GW supply agreement with German solar and energy storage wholesaler Memodo at Intersolar.

Chinese ambassador to South Africa Chen Xiaodong has offered to provide the South African grid with 66GW of solar infrastructure.

2022 saw the solar PV market enter a ‘new growth dimension’, where 239GW of solar capacity was added across the world representing two thirds of all new renewables capacity.

CSI Solar has completed its initial public offering (IPO) and begun trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange as of June 9th.

A newly-created, equipment-supplier-led PV consortium could be vital for the future of domestic US solar manufacturing.

Arctech has signed an agreement to provide solar trackers for 242MW of an upcoming solar facility in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

JA Solar has announced a plan to construct a project in the Ordos High-Tech Zone, with an annual production capacity of 30GW ingots, 10GW silicon wafers, and 10GW modules. The total investment amounted to about RMB6.02 billion (US$870.1 million). 

Component manufacturer BENY's Ivan Qi speaks with PV Tech's David Evans during SNEC 2023, in Shanghai, China.