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LPG distributor acquires majority stake in Indian C&I solar firm SunSource Energy Latest Email SunSource said the deal will help it expand it solar portfolio to more than 550MWp by 2023. Image: SunSource Energy. SHV Energy, a Netherlands-based liquified petroleum gas (LPG) distributor, has acquired a majority stake in Indian solar developer SunSource Energy. The deal is expected to ramp up SunSource’s distributed solar generation capacity to more than 550MWp by 2023, helpin...

SE Asian M&A, which took a hit in COVID-marred 2020, looks poised for a rebound this year April 30, 2021 Historically, global M&A activities have been hit by major financial crises. The dot-com bubble (2001), the global financial crisis (GFC, 2008), and the economic slowdown caused by trade hits (2015) resulted in 24-48% lower overall M&A deal values in the year following the crises. In volume terms, M&A deals have swayed in both directions. It fell 22% year-on-year following the dotcom bubble ...

ResearchAndMarkets.coms offering. The document presents competitive profiles on each of the companies on the Research Radar based on their strengths, opportunities, and a small discussion on their positioning. The research analyzes hundreds of companies in an industry and benchmarks them across 10 criteria on the Research Radar, where the leading companies in the industry are then positioned. While the use of small aerial drones for a wide range of commercial applications has been increasing s...

March rebound shores up Greater China PE-VC dealmaking in Q1, as startups raise $24b Photo: Li Yang/ Unsplash.com April 22, 2021 Lukewarm dealmaking in Greater China in January and February this year — mostly attributable to the week-long New Year holiday — was more than offset by a sharp rebound in March. Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) investors poured a record $11.4 billion into 199 startups in the last month of the quarter, after two months of relative lull, according to De...

Even for the earliest proponents of sustainable investing, its sudden spike in popularity is surprising, but satisfying. April 2, 2021 10 MINS Ten years ago, when Casey Clark was planning to focus his career on the ESG investing space, he was discouraged by friends and colleagues who described the move as a career killer and dead end. Today, the global head of environmental, social and governance investments at Rockefeller Asset Management can’t keep up with the LinkedIn...

Bangkok, Thailand. Photo by Aaron Thomas on Unsplash April 15, 2021 Southeast Asia-based startups kicked off 2021 in style, raising a record $6 billion in the first quarter of the year. Deal count, too, jumped amid signs of economic recovery and mass inoculation programmes to curb COVID-19 across the region. According to our latest report, companies in the region inked at least 211 deals in the first quarter to raise close to 70% of the total capital secured in 2020. Of this, $4 billion was rai...

India approves PLI solar manufacturing scheme Email It’s hoped the PLI scheme will provide a boost for domestic manufacturing in India. Image: Vikram Solar. The Indian government has approved production-linked incentives for the country’s solar module manufacturing sector to help the country add 10GW of power generation capacity. The government extended a production-linked incentive (PLI) plan to include solar module manufacturing on Wednesday (7 April), setting out a pla...

Tata Power Solar ramps up cell and module manufacturing capacity to 1.1GW News Mono PERC cell manufacturing capacity has increased to 530MW. Image: Tata Power Solar. Tata Power Solar has expanded its PV manufacturing facility in Bengaluru, India, taking the total production capacity of solar modules and cells to 1.1GW. Mono Passivated Emitter Rear Cell (PERC) cell manufacturing capacity at the unit has increased from 300MW to 530MW, while module assembly capacity (using half-cut mono PERC cells...

First: consumers are itching for added value in their content. Researchers believe that as the customer journey changed from browsing in-store or relying on recommendations for the latest gadgets consumers also changed how they engage with branded content. For example, more people are opting out of brands data collection initiatives, and are looking for interruption-free content sessions - that means no advertising, even when content is subsidized by advertising. "The old value exchanges jus...

India to levy basic customs duty on solar modules and cells from April next year Image: Oriano Solar. India will introduce a 40% basic customs duty (BCD) on solar modules as of April 2022 to cut the reliance on imports and expand the country’s PV manufacturing base. A 25% duty will also be introduced on solar cells from the same date, according to India’s Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE). With the country targeting around 280GW of installed solar by 2030, the ministry said in a doc...