Asia

Estonia plans 225MW pumped hydro power storage facility to help disconnect from Russia
State-owned Estonian energy firm Eesti Energia is planning to build a 225MW pumped hydro power storage facility, as part of a larger press to come to be independent of Russian energy.
Aug 11, 2022 // Storage, Europe, Asia, investment, Russia, Estonia, grid stabilising, renewables integration, pumped hydro energy storage
Canadian Solar strategies US$ 9 billion polysilicon, cell as well as module factory in China
Canadian Solar strategies to develop an incorporated PV factory in Western China, with a capacity of 200,000 MT of high-purity polysilicon, 10GW of both cells and modules and multi-GW manufacturings of raw and also complementary products.
Aug 11, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Canadian Solar, China, polysilicon, Asia, cells and modules, polysilicon production, qinghai, factory
Maldives reopens 40MWh battery storage tender for island solar
The Republic of Maldives has actually reopened a tender procedure, looking for to procure 40MWh of battery power storage systems (BESS) in a power transition project supported by World Bank funding.
Aug 10, 2022 // Storage, Asia, solar-plus-storage, world bank, microgrid, Maldives, tenders and auctions, procurement, diesel, island grids
Rays Power Commissions 150 MW Solar Plant In Karnataka
Rays Power declares that this project will about generate 2,40,000 MW of green energy per year & the entire project has actually been performed by Rays Power Infra's in-house EPC group within the scheduled amount of time with zero near misses as well as fatalities.
Aug 10, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, tender, Asia, Renewable Energy, karnataka, Solar Project, solar projects, Solar Park, green energy, Rajasthan Government, Rays Power Infra, Raichur and Koppal
Enel Green Power begins business in Vietnam
Italian renewables company Enel Green Power has near to 5,700 MW of projects in the general pipe in Vietnam that are promoted by its new business EGP Vietnam (EGPVN).
Aug 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, enel green power, Vietnam
Enfinity Global protects US$ 242 million for 70MW of solar PV in Japan
Renewables designer and sustainability services provider Enfinity Global has protected ¥ 29 billion (US$ 242 million) in lasting financing for three lately finished utility-scale solar plants in Japan amounting to 70MW.
Aug 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Asia, japan solar, Enfinity Global, Japan FiT
Ultra-thin silicon nanoparticle solar cell with 11% efficiency
Iranian scientists have demonstrated a multi-layer silicon nanoparticle (SNP) solar cell based upon nanoparticles that are densely stacked inside a dielectric medium. They considered different SNP frameworks as well as arrangements to customize these particles as a p-- n junction cell.
Aug 4, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Asia, solar cell, Iran, efficiency
Tata Power subsidiary commissions 225MW hybrid project in Rajasthan, 25-year PPA signed
Tata Power subsidiary Tata Power Green Energy has actually commissioned a 225MW hybrid wind as well as solar project in the Indian solar hotbed state of Rajasthan.
Aug 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, pv power plants, hybrid, Asia, Rajasthan, tata power, tata, Discoms, hybrid projects, tata green power energy
Chalcopyrite solar cell for tandem applications, photocatalytic water splitting
Japanese scientists have built a chalcopyrite PV device for tandem solar cells and water splitting for hydrogen generation. The tool has a power conversion performance of 11.05%, an open-circuit voltage of 0.960 V, a short-circuit current density of 15.9 mA centimeters − 2, and a fill element of 72.4%.
Aug 3, 2022 // Technology, Japan, Asia, solar cell, efficiency, AIST
X-ELIO solar project secures Japanese support contract
Spanish developer's 15MW in Yamaguchi Prefecture is anticipated to be operational in the 2nd half of 2024
Aug 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, x-elio, Toshiaki Isoi
Work on 20-MW solar project in Egypt to begin by end-2022 - report
A project for a 20-MW solar power plant near Hurghada on Egypt's Red Sea shore is making progress with construction readied to start by the end of 2022, newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm reports, citing sources from the nation's New and also Renewable Energy Authority (NREA).
Aug 2, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Africa, Egypt, Solar Project
India to add 20GW of solar PV in FY2023
India set up more than 12GW of solar PV in the fiscal year 2022 (FY2022) yet this is expected to soar to more than 20GW in FY2023 as the nation aims to accelerate its solar implementation, according to JMK Research.
Aug 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, India, pv power plants, Asia, rooftop solar, modules, basic customs duty, JMK Research, india solar
NGK to power Japanese sites with 2.6-MW solar-plus-storage system
Japanese ceramics company NGK Insulators Ltd (TYO:5333) will install 2.6 MW of roof solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) systems combined with 1.2 MWh of NAS battery ranked capacity at its producing sites in Ishikawa prefecture.
Aug 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Japan, Asia, Solar-Plus-Storage System, NGK
Sungrow Brand Value Hits CNY 61.686 Billion
Fresh from climbing the peak to no. 1 among solar inverter producers in 2021 Sungrow has actually logged another leading achievement this year.
Jul 28, 2022 // Inverters, Sungrow, China, Asia, Cao Renxian
Scatec ramps up PV project development after earnings dip
Independent power producer (IPP) Scatec has actually increase project development activity after witnessing its profits fall by almost 14% year-on-year.
Jul 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Scatec, IPP, South america, financial results, Brazil, Asia, Africa, South Africa, Pakistan, green hydrogen, Independent Power Producer