Asia

Japanese renewable resource firm Shizen Energy Inc introduced today that its 35-MWp Hau Giang solar energy plant in of Vietnam reached business operation date (COD).

Lead halide perovskites, with high refractive index as well as superb optoelectronic residential or commercial property, have actually been utilized in both building high-quality optical resonators/lasers and making high-efficiency light-emitting devices for advanced displays.

Two Saudi Arabian scientists, Professor Alberto Boretti and Dr. Wael Al-Kouz Prince Mohammad Bin Fahad University, together with Dr. Stefania Castelletto, an Associate Professor from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Australia, announced in a recent publication of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science that contrary to claims that 100% renewable energy is possible in Saudi Arabia using PV single-axis and battery storage, the assumption is impractical and not feasible.

Leading solar producers, energies as well as designers consisting of SunPower, ENGIE North America, Lightsource BP, Tesla and also LONGi have signed a promise to make certain the market's supply chain is "without compelled work".

Scatec said it went through a "transformational" year in 2020, with its complete renewables pipeline currently standing at a record high of 10.5 GW.

French international electrical energy company ENGIE has announced that as of 1 January 2021, it has actually merged its Africa portfolio with the MESCAT department (the Middle East, South and Central Asia, and Turkey), creating the enlarged service unit ENGIE MESCATA, headquartered in Dubai, UAE.

AzkoNobel, which owns paint brand Dulux, has actually authorized a lasting agreement with Asian C&I specialist Cleantech Solar to mount three rooftop planetary systems at its websites in Thailand and Malaysia.

The solar sector's two largest ventures, GCL and LONGi have actually authorized a significant polysilicon supply deal, the very first time the competitors have actually entered into a significant business deal with each other.

Large-wafer size producer Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor (TZS) is to develop a new 50GW 210mm (G12) mono-wafer manufacturing center in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region at a price of around RMB12 Billion (US$ 1.86 billion).

German renewables programmer Baywa r.e. revealed today it has actually marketed a 35-MWp solar farm situated in Japan's Ibaraki prefecture.

Making use of salt as a key ingredient, Chinese and also British researchers have actually designed a new sort of rechargeable battery that can accelerate the shift to greener, electrical transportation on our roadways.

Adani Green Energy has introduced that its subsidiary ASE4PL has appointed 100 MW (2 x 50 MW) solar energy plants in UP.

The brand-new Union Budget for 2021 has actually drawn in favorable reactions from sectors and the securities market alike, appreciating the federal government's effort to revitalize the economic climate.

LONGi, the world leading solar technology company headquartered in Xi'an, China, has actually officially introduced its brand-new 66C kind Hi-MO 4 monofacial PV module (Hi-MO 4m) for the global dispersed generation (DG) market.

Panasonic introduced today that it will certainly discontinue the manufacturing of solar products at its Malaysian as well as Japanese manufacturing facilities, totally leaving the photovoltaic panel and also wafer market by March 2022. Panasonic will certainly continue marketing Panasonic-branded modules but with a subcontracted producer.