Asia

SEG Solar Builds 3-GW Indonesia Wafer Factory

SEG Solar breaks ground on a 3‑GW Indonesia wafer hub, moving upstream to secure traceable, N‑type supply, cut costs, and tap PPA demand as Southeast Asia’s PV node grows.

Dec 16, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Asia, wafers, Indonesia, SEG Solar, supply diversification

Egypt Launches 4GW Suez Solar Manufacturing Hub

JA Solar spearheads Egypt’s Atum Solar hub: $210M, 2 GW cells and modules, 840 jobs—boosting North Africa’s PV supply chain with n‑type tech and non‑Chinese routes amid tighter EU rules.

Dec 16, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, JA Solar, Asia, Africa, Egypt, supply chain, Suez Canal Zone

Google Secures 21-Year Malaysian Solar for Data Hubs

Google inks 21-year, 1 TWh solar PPA in Malaysia with TotalEnergies, backing 24/7 carbon-free power for AI-era data centers and storage-ready PV as Southeast Asia pivots to physical PPAs.

Dec 16, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, Asia, Google, corporate ppa, TotalEnergies, data centers

Vena Seals Financing for 300-MW Opus Solar

Vena Energy closes financing for 300‑MWp Opus solar in Ilocos Norte, unlocking 2026 grid-tied, battery-ready capacity and signaling lender confidence in Philippine PV, corporate offtake, and Luzon decarbonization.

Dec 15, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Asia, Philippines, Vena Energy, utility solar, project finance, Ilocos Norte

China’s fossil generation dips as solar output surges in November

New data suggest China’s fossil-fuel generation will fall for the first time in a decade as large-scale solar and wind lift supply.

Dec 15, 2025 // Plants, Storage, Grids, China, Asia, solar generation, coal decline

Google inks Malaysia solar pact as data-center load surges

Google agrees to buy power from a new 30-MW solar project in Kedah, part of a broader push to green Southeast Asian data centers.

Dec 15, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, Asia, Google, corporate ppa, Shizen Energy, data centers

China’s polysilicon leaders form acquisition vehicle to tackle oversupply

Tongwei, GCL and peers created a 3-billion-yuan firm to explore deals addressing China’s polysilicon glut and industry consolidation.

Dec 11, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Tongwei, China, polysilicon, Asia, GCL, consolidation

ACWA, Bapco Plan 2.8-GW Solar Exports to Bahrain

ACWA Power and Bapco Energies plan 2.8 GW solar-plus-storage in Saudi’s East, exporting to Bahrain via new HV links—evening power, grid stability, and finance-ready tech for GCC’s data-hungry boom.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, solar-plus-storage, ACWA Power, Bahrain, cross-border power, Bapco Energies

India’s record-low storage bids spark viability and safety concerns

Rock-bottom battery bids raise fears of unbuildable projects and lower-quality systems in India’s push to scale storage.

Dec 9, 2025 // Storage, Policy, India, Asia, policy, tenders, project viability

Citicore Secures $68 Million for 113-MW Pangasinan Solar

Citicore secures PHP4B debt to fast-track a 113‑MWp Pangasinan solar park, bolstering Luzon’s grid, jobs, and its 2030 renewables push amid robust corporate PPA demand.

Dec 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Philippines, PV Power Plant, Citicore

Norfund, EDF Back Scatec’s 1.1-GW Egypt Hybrid

Scatec enlists Norfund and EDF for Egypt’s Obelisk hybrid: 1.1‑GW solar with 100‑MW/200‑MWh storage, accelerating build, easing grid constraints, and signaling investor confidence in North African renewables.

Dec 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, EDF, Asia, Africa, Egypt, norfund

Vietnam outlines national roadmap to deploy battery storage at scale

Vietnam’s leaders sketched a stronger strategy for battery storage to integrate fast-growing wind and solar while improving reliability.

Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Policy, Asia, Vietnam, renewables, grid flexibility

Japan pilots vertical parking-lot solar with on-site PPA model rollout

AirWater and partners installed a 178-kW vertical PV array in Tottori, using an on-site PPA to unlock urban space and resist snow loads.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, vertical solar, Innovation, on-site PPA, urban infrastructure

Renova Funds 1,300-Site Distributed Solar in Japan

Renova secures multi‑billion‑yen backing to roll out 1,300-site urban solar, blending PPAs and merchant sales, unified SCADA, shared O&M—and future batteries—for resilient, neighborhood-scale clean power.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, PPAs, Asia, distributed solar, project finance, urban energy

Vena Energy Battery Pact Advances Indonesia–Singapore Solar Link

Vena Energy’s battery-backed Indonesia–Singapore solar link advances with HVDC, grid-forming tech—shaping daytime sun into firm evening power, boosting bankability, cutting curtailment, and delivering cleaner, cheaper energy across borders.

Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Singapore, Indonesia, project development, interconnector

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