Southeast Asia & Oceania

Cloud Control, Vance Joy, Midnight Oil back scheme allowing artists to finance 34.55MW farm and others, with plans to sell power to Australia’s grid.

Company is also working on a neighbouring 111MW project as well as a large battery storage installation.

Installation planned in Queensland progresses through permitting process after receiving go-ahead from state’s independent coordinator-general.

State utility secures over US$20 million in funding to build complex in Kampong Chhnang province and will now tender for developers to deploy a 60MW first batch.

Major PV materials firm, Heraeus Photovoltaics is establishing fully-equipped ‘Innovation Centers’ in Shanghai and Singapore for new product development and customer specific modifications for monocrystalline and multicrystalline solar cells.

Norwegian firm to seek FiT support for 485MW pipeline, Sunseap's PV rooftop switched on at diaper factory, Indian solar raises more than coal.

Monopoly utility EVN warns of forthcoming grid integration challenges but aims to help investors hit COD targets.

JAKS MoU to buy 49.5MW Vietnam solar project, ReneSola provides 5.4MW of mono PERC modules to Helexia in Belgium, SECI delays PV manufacturing-linked tender again, Renewables to help Iran water scarcity.

Energy minister also launches new SEDA website with NEM calculator and solar directories.

Norwegian firm brings online its second PV project in the Southeast Asian nation.