Southeast Asia & Oceania

PV Lighthouse has secured AU$1.97 million from ARENA to aid the development of its digital twin software for utility-scale solar PV projects.

Pertamina NRE has signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned energy company Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited to build the PV project.

“We believe this policy will unlock opportunities for renewables as it increases electricity supply avenues."

On Wednesday (17 July), the Tasmanian government in Australia removed a ‘speed limit’ measure that has prevented state-owned utility Hydro Tasmania from developing large-scale renewable energy projects, such as solar, without a "cumbersome" Parliamentary process.

Enel Green Power Australia has acquired a 1GW solar-plus-storage project in the Central-West Orana REZ in New South Wales from RES Group.

Vietnam has planned to buy excess electricity generated by residential and commercial rooftop solar modules.

Sun Cable has obtained its principal environmental approval its Australia-Asia PowerLink interconnector, set to unlock 20GW of solar.

Rio Tinto has announced a plan to build a 80MW solar PV plant to supply power to its company’s iron ore operations in the Pilbara region.

Green hydrogen and renewable energy developer Climate Impact Corporation (CIC) announced its intention last week (10 July) to develop two 10GW green hydrogen projects in South Australia and Northern Territory using solar PV.

The Pomerantz Law Firm has brought a class action lawsuit against Singapore-headquartered solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies concerning whether “Maxeon and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.”