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The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has launched a tender for 495MW of new solar PV capacity, to be deployed across ten projects.

LONGi has announced two new efficiency records, pertaining to hybrid interdigitated back contact (HIBC) cells and modules.

Exports of Chinese solar products hit a record 68GW in March 2026, a figure that is equivalent to Spain’s entire solar PV capacity.

The world added more than 200GW of new utility-scale solar PV capacity in 2025, according to figures from Wiki-Solar.

Embattled solar manufacturer Maxeon has applied for ‘judicial management’ in Singapore, following a challenging year for the company.

South Korea has announced plans to almost triple its operational renewable energy capacity from 37GW today to 100GW by the end of the decade.

French oil and gas major TotalEnergies has signed a US$2.2 billion joint venture (JV) with the Emirati state-run renewable energy developer Masdar to jointly develop renewables across Asia.

Since the start of March, several leading Chinese PV manufacturers have announced overseas module supply agreements.

Maxwell has developed a perovskite/silicon heterojunction technology (HJT) tandem solar PV cell with a conversion efficiency of 32.5%.

Trinasolar has launched two new series of i-TOPCON solar PV modules, the Vertex S+ G3 range and the Vertex N G3 series.