Southeast Asia & Oceania

ARENA’s Silicon To Solar study seeks to outline a “credible pathway” for Australia to establish 10GW of polysilicon (poly-si) purification capacity and 5GW of ingot, wafer, cell and module production capacity from 2030.

Southeast Asia is expected to add 300MW of floating solar PV (FPV) capacity in early 2024, according to a report from research firm Rystad Energy.

Portuguese utility EDP, through its subsidiary EDP Renewables (EDPR), has acquired Australian solar developer ITP Development.

UK BESS developer Harmony Energy has established a joint venture with New Zealand energy group Clarus' subsidiary First Renewables to develop a 200MWac solar project.

Electricity generation from low-emission sources such as solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear will cover all global demand growth to 2026.

Rio Tinto has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with European Energy to buy all of the power at the latter’s Upper Calliope solar farm.

The ten members of ASEAN plus Timor-Leste, have over 28GW of operating utility-scale solar and wind capacity.

Enel Green Power Australia, the Australia-based renewables arm of Italian energy company Enel, has signed a binding agreement with minerals company QEM to purchase a 1GW solar and wind project.

Iberdrola says that of the agreed amount €170 million has already been committed to finance onshore wind projects in Poland.

Despite having the ideal attributes to become a clean energy superpower, Australia has never quite lived up to its potential. Will Norman assesses the barriers and asks whether recent investment announcements could turn the tide.