Thailand is the regional leader in total installed renewable capacity in Southeast Asia.The latest Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP) 2015-36 sets a target for renewables to account for 20% of generation by 2036. It was the first country in SEA to implement a feed-in premium intended to spur investment and development of renewable energy projects. […]

The Philippines’ Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has said the removal of the 100 kW cap for solar installations under net metering would be difficult for the nation’s grid to accomodate. Meanwhile, a proposal to raise the threshhold is being discussed in the country’s Senate. The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a statement announcing that […]

Gia Lai (VNS/VNA) – Krong Pa district in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is considered a good area for solar power projects as the temperatures can rise to 40oC. Solar power plant workers are now putting the finishing touches on a number of solar power plants that will connect to the national power […]

KUALA LUMPUR: The government intends to provide sustainable, reliable and affordable solar energy for Malaysians through new policies beginning Jan 1, 2019, such as the New Net Energy Metering (NEM) Scheme and Supply Agreement for Renewable Energy (SARE), says Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin. “I hope our solar players […]

Singapore-based solar energy startup SolarHome announced that it has raised $10 million in debt financing from a consortium of investors including Japan-based cross-border crowdfunding platform Crowdcredit and Sweden-based crowdfunding platform Trine, it said in a statement on Wednesday. The investment follows on the $4.2 million raised via convertible notes earlier this year from Trirec, Insitor […]

Posco Daewoo, the trading unit of Posco, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a solar plant that it will build for free of charge on an island in Myanmar in hopes of boosting ties with the country, the company said Sunday The latest project, put together at the request of Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy, […]

With a new decree, the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has enabled the owners of residential, commercial and industrial rooftop PV systems to sell excess power to the grid. The government hopes the new provisions will result in around 1 GW of deployed PV capacity over the next three years. Doubts, however, have […]

UPDATED: A controversial House Bill granting private Filipino firm Solar Philippines a PV mini-grid and transmission franchise across the Philippines has all but passed through Congress, with only a procedural third step left to confirm the final draft of the Bill. The House Bill (HB 8179) allows Solar Philippines, operating under the name Solar Para […]

JA Solar Holdings is to supply solar modules to Shanxi Electric Power Engineering totalling 257MW for a photovoltaic project in Phu Yen, Vietnam. Shanxi Electric Power Engineering president Jiping Chen said: “JA Solar takes a leading position in the R&D and production of high-performance PV products. “We are confident that JA’s high-efficiency modules and well-established […]

Several investors have announced plans to develop solar power plants in Vietnam as the prime minister’s decision providing incentives in terms of power price will expire in June next year. Solar panels are seen on the roof of the building of Binh Dinh Power Company. Investors have announced multiple solar power projects According to the […]