Asia

Masdar Starts Building 200-MW Chereh Floating Solar Plant in Malaysia

Masdar and two Malaysian partners began building the 200-MW Chereh floating solar plant in Pahang after raising about MYR 580 million from three lenders.

Oct 29, 2026 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Masdar, Malaysia, Asia, Floating solar, Citaglobal

IndiGrid Switches On 250-MW / 500-MWh Battery at Bhadla, Rajasthan

IndiGrid's 250-MW / 500-MWh battery at Bhadla in Rajasthan reached commercial operation on Oct. 27, earning over INR 71 crore a year for 12 years.

Oct 29, 2026 // Storage, Grids, India, Asia, BESS, Rajasthan, IndiGrid

Scatec Secures $217 Million for 569-MW Dandara Solar Plant in Egypt

Scatec signed $217 million of loans for the 569-MW first phase of Dandara, a solar and battery plant in Egypt that will supply power to Egypt Aluminium.

Oct 29, 2026 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Scatec, EBRD, Asia, BESS, Africa, Egypt

Delingha 350-MW CSP Plant Tops Out All Three 199-Meter Towers

A 350-MW tower CSP plant in Delingha, China, topped out all three 199-meter towers on Oct. 26 and will store heat in molten salt for 14 hours.

Oct 28, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Thermal, China, Asia, csp, qinghai, molten salt, Hengxin Technology

UNIST Organic Tandem Photocathode Splits Water at 7.9% Efficiency

UNIST built an all-organic tandem photocathode that splits water at 7.9% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency with no external voltage, a record the team claims.

Oct 28, 2026 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, South Korea, Asia, hydrogen, green hydrogen, UNIST

Thailand Opens THB 50,000 Rooftop Solar Grants for 1 Million Homes

Thailand opens sign-up for People's Solar, a THB 50,000 grant per home for up to 1 million households installing 5–10 kWp systems by September 2027.

Oct 27, 2026 // Residential, Policy, Rooftop PV, Thailand, Asia, residential solar, subsidies, rooftop solar, Southeast Asia

Daqo Cuts Polysilicon Cash Cost to Record $4.23/kg as Q3 Loss Narrows

Daqo New Energy cut its polysilicon cash cost to a record $4.23/kg in Q3 2026 as sales tripled and its net loss narrowed to $52.9 million from $81.2 million.

Oct 27, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, polysilicon, Asia, Daqo

Singapore Targets 4 GWp of Solar by 2035 and 1 GWh of Storage by 2030

Singapore will lift solar from 2.3 GWp to 4 GWp by 2035 and roughly triple energy storage to about 1 GWh by 2030 under a five-year EMA infrastructure plan.

Oct 26, 2026 // Storage, Policy, Solar, ENERGY STORAGE, Asia, BESS, Singapore, solar target

Ember Says Battery Subsidy Could Add 15–25 GWh to India's Rooftops

Ember says India could add 15–25 GWh of home batteries by extending PM Surya Ghar rooftop solar subsidies to storage, at a cost of about INR 280 billion.

Oct 26, 2026 // Residential, Storage, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, rooftop solar, net metering, Ember, residential storage

EU Ends 12-Year Duties on Chinese Solar Glass With No EU Maker Left

The EU repealed its 2014 anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese solar glass on Oct. 22 after finding that no EU producer of the glass is left.

Oct 23, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Tariffs, Policy, China, Europe, Asia, European Union, solar glass, Borosil Renewables, antidumping

Cosin Solar Tops Out Two 199-Meter Towers at 350-MW Golmud CSP Plant

Two of three receiver towers at Cosin Solar's 350-MW Golmud CSP plant reached their full 199 meters; the third is at 180 meters, with grid power due in 2027.

Oct 22, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Thermal, China, Asia, csp, qinghai, molten salt, Cosin Solar

EBRD Arranges $265 Million for Egypt's 1.2-GW Nefer Minya Solar Plant

EBRD arranges up to $265 million for Egypt's 1.2-GW Nefer Minya solar plant with 600 MWh of batteries, part of a $566 million debt package in total.

Oct 21, 2026 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, EBRD, Asia, BESS, Africa, Egypt, Infinity Power

Israel Proposes 5% Yearly Cuts to Rooftop Solar Tariffs From 2027

Israel's Electricity Authority proposes 5% yearly cuts to rooftop solar tariffs from 2027, taking home systems from 48 to 36.77 agorot per kWh by 2030.

Oct 21, 2026 // Residential, Tariffs, Rooftop PV, Asia, Israel, middle east, rooftop solar, feed-in tariff

Sichuan's First 100-MW Tower CSP Plant Wins Environmental Approval

Sichuan's first tower CSP plant cleared environmental review: a 100-MW molten-salt unit with 8-hour storage, paired with 900 MW of PV in Aba prefecture.

Oct 20, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Thermal, China, Asia, csp, Sichuan, molten salt, Shudao Clean Energy

CHN Energy Switches On 120-MWh Battery at Rudong Solar-Hydrogen Hub

CHN Energy grid-connected a 60-MW, 120-MWh battery in Rudong, China, on Oct. 14. It serves a 400-MW solar-hydrogen complex and should discharge 12 GWh a year.

Oct 20, 2026 // Large-Scale, Storage, Solar to Fuel, China, Asia, hydrogen, BESS, CHN Energy

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