The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued guidelines to set up 100 MW solar power capacity (PDF) over and along the canals in the country. The program will see solar photovoltaic power projects of capacity 1 to 10 MW installed over canals and on the banks of the canals in India. The total cost of the program will be around $160 million, out of which about $38 million will be provided as f ...

A unit of Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, Yingli Green Energy Singapore Company Pte. Limited, plans to install solar farms in Thailand in partnership with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Kasikornbank Public Plc. and Solventia Solar Energy Co., Ltd. The companies have already inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) related to the latest venture. Per the MoU, the companies will offer turnkey sol ...

Australian scientists said they had made a breakthrough in increasing the efficiency of solar panels, which they hope could eventually lead to cheaper sources of renewable energy. In what the University of New South Wales described as a world first, the researchers were able to convert more than 40 percent of sunlight hitting the panels into electricity. "This is the highest efficiency ever reported for sun ...

Hanwha SolarOne is set to build a new solar photovoltaic module factory in South Korea. The company will invest $12 million in the facility which will have an annual manufacturing capacity of 230 megawatts of solar modules. The facility is scheduled to begin production by the second quarter of 2015. Hanwha SolarOne will hire around 200 new employees to work in the facility, including research and developmen ...

Last week, Bangladesh suffered a nationwide blackout for around 12 hours. The country's hospitals, airports, businesses and government offices were forced to use backup generators. The capital Dhaka resembled a ghost town as it plunged into darkness. Unfortunately, blackouts in the South Asian country aren't a rare occurrence. The country, which relies on a 400 MW (mega watt) power line from India to provid ...

Thailand’s Energy Ministry plans to purchase 800 megawatt of electricity from solar photovoltaic (PV) farms in 2014–2015, higher than its previous projection of 576 megawatts, Kurujit Nakornthap, deputy permanent secretary at the energy ministry, told reporters at the end of October 2014. Over 1 GW of applications submitted by investors back in 2010 that missed out in the first wave of PPA allocations will ...

Thai Solar Energy Pcl, or TSE, started stock trading on the SET's MAI (Market for Alternative Investment) on Oct 30th, confident following a positive investors' response backed by the company's business potential. With significant demand at the subscription price of 3.90 Bath/share, the shares closed on the first trading day at 7.55 Bath/share. Executives emphasized strengthening Thai Solar Energy, aiming f ...

Thai firm signs $350m 220MW Myanmar generating station deal Thailand’s Green Earth Power Company has signed an agreement with the government to move forward on its plans to spend US$350mbuilding a 220-megawatt solar-power generating station near Minbu in Magwe Region, it was reported. According to Green Earth managing director, U Aung Thiha, the facility will sit on 850 acres that are not suitable for agric ...

Testing and certification company TUV Rhineland has opened a new solar PV module testing facility in Asia. The move would help the company take advantage of the booming solar power industry in India. TUV Rhineland is expected to release the results of the first batch of testing done on solar PV modules in India over the next month or two. The results would be of great utility to prospective project develope ...

Thai firm Green Earth Power Company has signed an agreement with the government to move forward on its plans to spend US$350 million building a 220 megawatt solar power generating station near Minbu in Magwe Region. The facility will sit on 850 acres that are not suitable for agriculture, and will take three years to complete, said Green Earth managing director U Aung Thiha. “The first stage will see 50 meg ...