Skip to content
RetailNews Asia

Topic

#solar

Every story tagged #solar on RetailNews Asia: reporting, analysis and market signals from across Asian retail and e-commerce.

28 stories in this topic

solar panel
Living
2 min read

Vietnam cannot bank solely on renewable energy for net-zero emissions

Experts say an exclusive focus on renewable energy, accounting for 27 percent of total power supply, will not be enough to help Vietnam reach its “net-zero” emissions target by 2050. Wind and solar power are not the sources of energy that will help Vietnam…

wine shop
Food
2 min read

TWE plans Australia’s largest winery solar installation

Iconic Australian wines including Penfolds, Wolf Blass, Wynns, Squealing Pig and Pepperjack will be produced using 100% renewable electricity by 2024, with Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) announcing Australia’s largest winery solar installation across its Barossa…

solar panel
Living
1 min read

US waives tariffs on Vietnam solar panels

Joe Biden has waived tariffs on solar panels exported from Vietnam and three other Southeast Asian countries for two years amid rising demand for renewable energy in the U.S. The tariff exemption will also apply to panels from Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand…

General
1 min read

Vietnam continues to cut down on solar power

The solar power capacity planned by Vietnam for 2031-2045 is “too high” should be reduced to give space for wind power, the government says. In a communiqué issued by the Government Office Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh said the capacity for…

solar panel
Living
1 min read

Two new solar power plants built in southern province

Dau Tieng 5.1 and Dau Tieng 5.2 solar power plants are expected to start construction in Q2, with an investment of VND3.56 trillion ($157 million). With a capacity of 225 MW each, the two power plants will cover 332.5 hectares at Dau Tieng Lake in the…

Green World household photovoltaic font b power b font generation system photovoltaic font b solar b
General
1 min read

India starts anti-dumping investigation of solar cells from Vietnam

The Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry has launched an anti-dumping probe into solar cells originating from China, Thailand and Vietnam. It follows a petition by the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association. The dumping margins related to the products…

Green World household photovoltaic font b power b font generation system photovoltaic font b solar b
Electronics
1 min read

Samsung Vietnam proposes direct purchase of renewable energy

Electronics giant Samsung Vietnam has proposed that it joins a trial program to purchase power directly from renewable power plants instead of monopoly distributor Vietnam Electricity. Choi Joo Ho, CEO of Samsung Vietnam, submitted the proposal to the…

solar panel
General
2 min read

Vietnam plans more solar, wind power cuts

Vietnam is set to cut up to 1.74 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy in the second half this year to deal with national grid overload. A plan proposed by the National Load Dispatch Center (NLDC), under the national utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN)…

malay kl shopping
Living
1 min read

Malaysian firm to buy stake in five solar farms in Vietnam

A subsidiary of Malaysia’s largest power utility, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, plans to acquire a 39 percent stake in five Vietnamese solar power projects from Singapore’s Sunseap Group. The farms were built last December in southern Vietnam and have a total…