State Joint-Stock Company "Uzbekenergo" has announced a tender for the construction of a photovoltaic power plant in Samarkand region. According to the Uzbek media, 100 MW power plant will be constructed on the basis of crystalline photovoltaic cells with the fixed angle of the panels. Earlier it was reported that in spring 2019 "Uzbekenergo" plans to build the first heliostation in Central Asia with the ca ...

Green Earth Power (Thailand) has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Myanmar Ministry of Electric Power (MOEP) to formalise the development of a 220-megawatt solar power plant in Minbu, in that country’s Magway Region. The signing ceremony, held on Thursday at the Grand Amara Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw, marked an important milestone for the Myanmar power sector, with several cabinet ministers, deputy minist ...

The world’s largest private investor in clean energy, Zheng Jianming, who has amassed about $20 billion in Chinese solar manufacturing assets, is considering seeking U.S. investments to fund his expanding energy technology ambitions. Zheng is the chairman and founder of Asia Pacific Resources Development (APRD), which holds the world’s largest collection of solar-manufacturing businesses. During a recent me ...

The International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power System Programme (IEA PVPS) on Monday published its 19th Trends in Photovoltaic Applications report examining PV market, industry, policy and research trends and activities as well as the integration of solar into the power sector in the 24 countries reporting to the IEA PVPS program. The IEA PVPS' participating countries include Australia, China, the Unite ...

The International Energy Agency has challenged the claim by the global thermal coal industry that centralised coal-fired generation is the best solution to energy poverty – where more than 1 billion people in Asia and Africa still go without power. Over the last year, the coal industry has tried desperately to revive its flagging fortunes by saying coal was the only technology that could deliver cheap elect ...

From mere converters of solar power from Direct Current to Alternating Current, inverters are becoming brainier. It comes as a result of keener competition, particularly from Asian suppliers. None of the top ten photovoltaic inverter suppliers in the world were from Asia in 2011, now almost half came from Eastern Asia thanks to the growing number of solar installations there. While cost is the prime driver ...

The Hong Kong property tycoon who amassed about $20 billion in Chinese solar manufacturing assets is expanding his energy technology holdings and may seek the help of Wall Street to do it. Zheng Jianming, chairman and founder of Asia Pacific Resources Development Investment Ltd., is considering a public listing for the holding company he created to manage what may be the biggest collection of solar-manufact ...

The total solar photovoltaic demand from the five leading Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets - China, Japan, India, Australia and Thailand - is forecast to reach 17.2 GW during the second half of this year (2H'14), almost 60% of global solar PV demand, according to a new report from NPD Solarbuzz. While the APAC region as a whole has seen solar growth, 95% of the demand this year is coming from the top five countr ...

TUV Rheinland, a global leader in the provision of testing and certification services for PV modules and components, recently issued its first Potential Induced Degradation (PID) test certificate in Greater China . New Duo-Max module (the PEG14 and PDG14 series) from Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) successfully passed the most stringent PID test and received the quality certification. This is a significant ...

Over the next five-years, India, China, and Japan are forecast to see the highest growth rates, with China alone projected to pass the 100 GW cumulative installation mark in 2018. The US will see somewhat slower growth than these Asian markets, but will still be the third-largest cumulative market globally on account of its historic strength in the PV industry and its continuous growth over the past decades ...