Editorial Editorial Offices Europe Trafalgar Publications Ltd. Crown House, 72 Hammersmith Road London, W14 8TH United Kingdom Tel: +44 7924 581 523 news@globalsolartechnology.com www.globalsolartechnology.com United States Trafalgar Publications Ltd. <strong>Global</strong> SMT & Packaging PO Box 7579 Naples, FL 34110, USA Tel: +1 239 245-9264 Fax: (239) 236-4682 China <strong>Global</strong> SMT & Packaging i2i Group Room 1506, Greenland Hechuang Building No.450 Caoyang Road, Putuo District Shanghai 200062 Tel: +86 (351) 652 3813 Fax: +86 (351) 652 0409 Editor-in-Chief Trevor Galbraith Tel: +1 239 245 9264 x 101 (US) Cell: +44 7432 609172 (UK editor@globalsolartechnology.com Technical Editor Usha Prasad uprasad@trafalgarmedia.com Business Dev. / Marketing Manager Elisangela Dahlke Tel: +1 239 245 9264 x 110 (US) Cell: +1 239 287 5398 (US) Cell: +44 7924 554456 (UK) edahlke@trafalgarmedia.com Accounts Manager Carol Crowley Tel: +1 239 245 9264 x 106 (US) accounts@trafalgarmedia.com Web Developer Torrence Germany Tel: +1 239 245 9264 x 105 (US) tgermany@trafalgarmedia.com Circulation & Subscriptions Tel: +1 239 245-9264 subscriptions@globalsolartechnology.com Advertising South East Asia—India Amitava Sarkar Tel: +91 80 2686 0747 asarkar@globalsmt.net China Kevin Jia Tel: +86 21 60956570 x 803 kevinj@trafalgarmedia.com Europe Adela Ploner Cell: +49(0)8192 933 78 22 (GE) aploner@globalsolartechnology.com North America—Digital Sandy Daneau Tel: +1 239 245 9264 x 104 (US) sdaneau@globalsmt.net Usha Prasad Technical Editor Even as the global solar industry is going through a rough patch - what with the moves by the United States and Europe toward imposing possible antidumping tariffs on Chinese-made solar panels, the EU investigation of alleged dumping etc., – it looks like South East Asia will tell a different story. When we look at the development of solar power in the U.S, Europe and China - South East Asia showed slow movement and was far behind. However, with all the attention the region is getting of late, solar companies are optimistic about the bright prospects for the industry in South East Asia. Many European and US companies are turning towards South East Asia to set up or expand business. Wirsol <strong>Solar</strong> AG has set up a new subsidiary in Malaysia, Wirsol South East Asia Sdn. Bhd., thus increasing its visibility on the growing Asian markets. For the next four years, Wirsol has planned several largescale solar projects in Malaysia. The Dow Chemical Company has begun production of ENLIGHT Polyolefin Encapsulant Films for use in photovoltaic solar panels in Thailand. The Map Ta Phut, Thailand site is a state-of-the-art manufacturing operation that allows Dow to double global production capacity immediately. To further penetrate the local market in one of South East Asia’s growing solar markets, First <strong>Solar</strong> has established a subsidiary in Thailand, First <strong>Solar</strong> (Thailand) Ltd. The company has also set up an office in Bangkok. JA <strong>Solar</strong> Holdings Co., Ltd., largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, has opened an office in All attention toward South East Asia! Tokyo, Japan, to provide marketing and sales support as well as technical support services to its Japan-based customers. The local office will bring the company closer to its partners in Japan and ensure that it can provide them with the services and support they need to grow their businesses. And now, there is news that the Hanwha Group intends to acquire the insolvent photovoltaics company Q-Cells SE! In addition, South East Asia is also getting good investments for solar projects. In a recent announcement, Armstrong Asset Management informed about investment in small-scale clean energy projects in South East Asia by the end of the year. Initially, it will develop a solar project in Malaysia (20 MW) and multiple projects in Thailand (100 MW). In another major bid to boost the growing renewable energy investments in India, the US Exim Bank has approved a $80 million direct loan for Reliance Power to fund acquisition of solar power technology from American companies. Reliance Power would use the funds to buy the technology from companies in eight states of the US for expanding the company’s Rs. 700-crore solar power project in Rajasthan. The project is being co-financed by Asian Development Bank and the Dutch development bank. All these developments and many more, are sure to strengthen South East Asia’s growing status as a solar manufacturing hub. — Usha Prasad www.globalsolartechnology.com
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