Asia

China reaches 1.7 GW of electrochemical storage capacity
According to brand-new numbers launched by the China Energy Storage Alliance, the nation's storage capability covered 32.4 GW at the end of in 2015. The association stated the storage market is expected to remain to expand continuously in the years ahead.
Jun 3, 2020 // Storage, China, Asia, China Energy Storage Alliance
Israel wants one more 15 GW of solar by 2030
Energy preacher Yuval Steinitz has revealed the nation's 2030 renewable energy target will certainly rise to 30%, with solar anticipated to represent the lion's share. About $23 billion even more clean power financial investment is envisaged this years.
Jun 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Asia, Israel, Yuval Steinitz
Covid reduces India's utility-scale solar addition by 67% in first quarter
Covid-19-prompted disruption drastically influenced solar installation during January-March, 2020 as the country added just 689 MW of utility-scale PV versus 1,864 MW set up to be commissioned.
Jun 3, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, utility-scale PV, Asia, covid-19
Chinese PV Market Short: Jinko's brand-new ability and also a 200 MW solar park
JinkoSolar has actually begun building of a new 16 GW component production base in Yiwu city, Zhejiang district as well as Eging PV has resumed a 200 MW solar project in Qitai county in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, after securing authorization from local authorities. The China National Energy Administration has validated the nation can add no greater than 48.45 GW of solar to the grid this year.
Jun 2, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Sungrow, China, JinkoSolar, Asia, Solargiga, Eging PV, The National Energy Administration, Akcome Technology
Omani oil carrier turns on 100 MW solar park
The PV plant lies at Amin, in the southern desert region of the sultanate. The job, tendered by Oil Advancement Oman in early 2018, was built by a consortium led by the Japanese Marubeni conglomerate.
Jun 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, Asia, Oman
Mitigating shading in PV modules with new reconfiguration strategy
Scientists in India are looking for to reduce partial shading with a method based upon the Lo Shu nine-square grid of old Chinese mathematical tradition. Their technique includes the 'magic grid' additionally made use of in preferred sudoku challenges, as a guide for reconfiguring arrays.
Jun 2, 2020 // Technology, India, Asia, Vellore Institute of Technology, Lo Shu
Agricultural PV becomes Japan's following possibility
Self-consumption, the capacity to isolate from the grid as well as supply power in case of blackouts, and also farming solar are crucial parts in the 2020 revisions to Japan's feed-in toll program, reports RTS Corp.'s Izumi Kaizuka.
Jun 2, 2020 // Opinions, Japan, Asia, Izumi Kaizuka
Making Solar Hydrogen with a Side of Carbon Nanotubes
Two groups of solar researchers have actually established an unique solar activator and also thermochemical procedure for making solar hydrogen that can produce on top of that carbon black and also graphite along with carbon nanotubes. Persuading a six-year duration, the teams first created the details solar reactor, and then ultimately, the thermochemistry for the (license pending) unique methane splitting solar hydrogen procedure.
Jun 2, 2020 // Solar to Fuel, Japan, France, Europe, Asia, hydrogen, Hiroyuki Kimura, Satoshi Seo, Stéphane Abanades
Solar might hold benefit in post-pandemic global power sector
The International Energy Agency has acknowledged remarkable falls in power financial investment brought on by the Covid-19 situation but stated renewables, consisting of PV, provided an attractive suggestion to investors as the dust worked out, provided their enticing business economics and brief turnaround times.
Jun 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, China, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, United Arab Emirates, North America, WORLD, covid-19, United States
Huayu bets on 2,000 W microinverters as centrepiece of overseas expansion
Huayu New Energy Technologies will certainly concentrate on greater capacity microinverters as the core part of a brand-new expansion press, changing its sales initiatives online to alleviate disruption from COVID-19.
Jun 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, China, microinverters, Asia, pv inverters, Andy Tang, Coronavirus, covid-19, huayu, hybrid inverters,
Heraeus develops item and also sales collaboration in Asia for 'Selectively Coated Ribbon'
Significant PV products provider, Heraeus Photovoltaics has developed a manufacturing as well as sales partnership with China-based PV conductive tape specialist, Suzhou Yubang New Material Carbon Monoxide (YourBest) for Heraeus' 'Selectively Coated Ribbon' (SCR Ribbon) modern technology.
Jun 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, heraeus photovoltaics, string ribbon, yourbest, Albert Lu, Xiao Feng
Renesola warns of Covid-19 project disruption
The solar plant developer, which is now based in the States, was upbeat in its first-quarter numbers however balance sheet loanings remain an issue.
Jun 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Canada, China, Hungary, Europe, Asia, North America, renesola, Connecticut, covid-19
Chinese PV Market Short: 4.3 GW of brand-new cell capacity and also a 1 GW solar park
Cell manufacturer Aiko Solar is raising funds to raise its manufacturing capacity with 4.3 GW of new lines while Datang Company has tattooed a bargain for a 1 GW desert job.
May 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, China, Asia, arctech solar, aiko solar, China Datang Corporation, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings’
Malaysia launches 1 GW solar tender
Sunday will declare the largest PV procurement exercise ever before kept in Malaysia. Fifty percent the offered ability will be guided to 10-30 MW centers with the balance booked for plants with capabilities of approximately 50 MW.
May 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, tender, Asia
South Korea presents carbon footprint policies for solar modules
The laws will certainly enter into pressure on June 15 and also will require panel carbon footprints being determined according to life cycle assessments of their ecological effects according to the KS I ISO 14040 Korean requirement.
May 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, South Korea, Asia, solar modules