Southeast Asia & Oceania

New South Wales has submitted an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), making it the first REZ to reach the development “milestone”.

SolarSpace has started cell production at its latest manufacturing facility, a 5GW factor in the Saysettha Development Zone in Laos.

Masdar and PLN Nusantara Power will expand the capacity of the 145MW Cirata floating solar project in Indonesia to up to 500MW.

LONGi has signed a letter of intent to supply what it calls “advanced modules” for a number of solar projects in Indonesia.

Australia’s rooftop and grid-scale solar contributed to the majority of the total electricity supply in the national electricity market on 17 September, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).

Grok Ventures has acquired all of the assets of SunCable, and reaffirmed its commitment the company’s original purpose.

Global module capacities are on track to reach 866GW by the end of 2023, more than doubling the existing capacity at the end of 2022.

Frontier Energy has signed a letter of intent to acquire Waroona Energy to create a new renewable power firm with a solar portfolio of 355MW.

The Q3 2023 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download, leading with a focus on solar in the US, one year on from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

The Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) faces reliability issues over the next 10 years as coal plants retire and investment in renewables generation and storage continues to lag, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).