Southeast Asia & Oceania

A new report from Greenpeace Australia has warned that the rapid expansion of AI data centres across Australia is set to slow the country's renewable energy transition rather than accelerate it.

Australia could establish a viable polysilicon industry to address the global supply gap, with a hub requiring an AU$2.5-3.5bn investment.

ACME Solar has signed a 25-year PPA with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for 300MW/1,200MWh of ISTS-connected FDRE project. 

GCL SI has signed a 1GW module supply agreement with Thailand’s Getz Energy, a subsidiary of utility GPSC.

Mining giant Fortescue has begun construction on the 690MW Turner River solar PV power plant in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

Australia's CIS Tender 7 has seen 19 successful projects, which will deliver 7.8GW of renewable energy generation across the NEM.

As trade dynamics shift, could the EU become the next big market for Indian solar suppliers? PV Tech Premium explores the outlook with Wood Mackenzie’s Yana Hryshko and IEEFA’s Charith Konda.

Indian renewable energy company SAEL has commissioned 600MW of solar project in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. 

Norwegian floating solar developer Ocean Sun has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ACEN-Silverwolf to establish a framework for deploying utility-scale floating solar installations across selected Asian markets.

New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has launched what it has described as its “biggest renewable energy tender in the state’s history”, seeking 2.5GW of renewable energy generation.