Featured in Rising above – 11-2011

Market growth, FITs and flourishing fabs

Malaysia: Many see the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region as a PV market with major potential. Combining a secure, stable government with low-cost manufacturing, Malaysia could find itself in the center of this unfolding market, poised to become a regional PV leader. But will government subsidies for other energy sources and a conservative, tardy feed-in tariff (FIT) nip the blossoming industry in the bud?

By

Jonathan Gifford

31 Oct 2011

For the first time there was a dedicated solar stream and the sessions were really well attended. At the Renewable Energy Word Asia Conference and Expo in Kuala Lumpur in late September, it was apparent that PV and concentrated solar power were taking a seat at the table in terms of energy supply in the …

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