Southeast Asia

Sembcorp has signed two 18-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Equinix to supply 75MW of solar power to the latter’s facilities.

Singapore-headquartered solar manufacturer Gstar Solar has broken ground on a silicon rod and wafer-slicing plant in Indonesia.

Tokyo-headquartered solar manufacturer VSUN has commenced commercial production of its 4GW silicon wafer plant in Vietnam.

Trina Solar has signed a master sales agreement with PetroGreen to provide 117MW of modules to the latter’s projects in the Philippines.

Singaporean C&I renewables developer BECIS has secured US$50 million to expand business in Southeast Asia and India.

Engineering service company AFRY has been awarded the construction of a 65MW solar PV plant in the Philippines.

Malaysia has launched a tender seeking 2GW of large-scale solar PV capacity for projects between 1MW and 500MW capacity.

Renewables operator Aboitiz Power has appointed engineering service company AFRY to construct a 172MWp solar PV plant in the Phillippines.

Cambodia-based solar manufacturer Imperial Star Solar has launched a silicon wafer manufacturing plant in Laos with a 4GW annual nameplate capacity.

GoodWe says the first-phase production lines in Vietnam are expected to achieve an annual capacity of 5GW.