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US-based solar manufacturer Thornova Solar has started producing solar modules for the US market at a manufacturing plant in Indonesia.

Indonesia’s Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) has noted that the country has passed 700MW of installed solar PV capacity, but it warns that this progress is “inadequate” to comply with the global climate target.

Solar manufacturer SEG Solar has started construction on a 5GW TOPCon vertically integrated – from ingots to modules – solar PV plant in Indonesia.

Vena Energy and Shell Eastern Trading have secured conditional approval from the Energy Market Authority of Singapore (EMA) to export 400MW of solar PV from the Riau Islands in Indonesia to Singapore.

Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar has signed a 1.2GW TOPCon module framework supply agreement with renewables developer Vanda RE in Indonesia.

Renewable energy developer Sun Cable has secured approval from the Australian government for the Australian element of its Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) interconnector.

The Asia-Pacific region stands to benefit from localised balance of system manufacturing in its solar industry, the IEEFA said.

Indonesia has the potential to install 3.3TW of solar capacity, according to the government, but several obstacles need to be tackled.

Indonesia has issued rooftop solar PV system development quotas of 5.75GW for state electricity company PLN between 2024 and 2028.

Solar manufacturer SEG Solar has signed a land utilisation agreement to build a 5GW vertically integrated PV manufacturing plant in Indonesia.