Southeast Asia

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.

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

India's solar module exports to the US and Europe will likely to peak in 2025 and experience a decline starting from 2026 as domestic manufacturing plants will be operational in these regions, according to a recent research from energy analyst JMK Reseach.

Trina Solar has signed a module supply agreement with the Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation to supply 700MW of modules to the company.

Colorado-based mini-grid specialist Husk Power has secured more than US$100 million in equity and debt funding aimed to grow its community solar mini-grids in rural sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Coro Energy plans to build 50MW of new rooftop solar capacity atop Mobile World Investment's buildings in Vietnam.

The Asia Pacific (APAC) region is expected to invest US$3.3 trillion in power generation over the next decade, of which a quarter for solar alone, according to energy research company Wood Mackenzie.

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