Southeast Asia & Oceania

New Zealand utility Meridian Energy has received consent to build a 120MW solar PV project alongside a planned battery energy storage system (BESS).

Construction has commenced on New South Wales’ (NSW) first integrated green hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Australia.

ADB and Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) have signed an agreement to develop the country's first large-scale solar PV plant.

New Zealand's government has ordered a sector review into the installation of residential and small to medium-scale solar, aiming to reduce what it describes as a "red tape nightmare" that can delay approvals for months.

J&V Energy is acquiring a 187MW portfolio of operational solar assets in Taiwan from a fund managed by Global Infrastructure Partners.

European Energy Australia is set to commence solar module installation at its 100MWac Winton North solar plant in northeast Victoria.

Australia will return AU$1.3 billion in uncommitted funding from clean energy manufacturing programmes as part of broader budget savings.

Iberdrola Australia has completed the installation of solar modules at its 377MW Broadsound solar-plus-storage project in Central Queensland.

Bondada Engineering has secured a US$85 million contract for balance-of-system works on a 600MW solar PV project in Fatehgarh, Rajasthan. 

In this interview, UNSW's Yansong warns the solar industry will exhaust global silver reserves in five years unless commercial-scale recycling infrastructure is developed.