Southeast Asia & Oceania

Everything seems to be pointing to the solar PV manufacturing sector going into a downturn in 2024, with loss-making potentially rife across much of the upstream sector.

Singapore-based energy company Sembcorp has announced an agreement to buy 245MW of renewables projects in Vietnam.

A total of AU$150 million will be made available for applications focusing on regional decarbonisation of industrial process heat and off-road transportation.

The Indonesian state utility PLN and UAE state-run renewables developer Masdar have inaugurated the 192MWp (145MWac) Cirata floating solar PV (FPV) plant in the West Java province of Indonesia.

Global solar manufacturer Canadian Solar will build a 5GW n-type wafer production facility in Chonburi, Thailand.

Singapore-based energy company Sembcorp Industries has targeted 25GW of installed renewables capacity by 2028.

The assessment of the Uaroo Renewable Energy Hub proposal was terminated by the EPA at the request of Pilbara Energy (Generation).

Indonesia aims to reach net-zero and expand the country’s installed solar capacity to 264.6GW by the middle of the century.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will invest AU$11 million (US$6.9 million) in Australian solar technology company SunDrive Solar to support the commercial scale-up of SunDrive’s novel solar cell metallisation technology.

Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired a 200-hectare site to build a polysilicon manufacturing facility in Townsville, Australia.