Solar

Malaysia has emerged as an international hub for the manufacture of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells, wafers and modules. The southeast Asian nation has been comparatively slow to take up solar energy at home, however.
U.S.-based market leaders First Solar and SunPower, along with South Korea-Germany’s Hanwha Q Cells manufacture the vast bulk of their solar PV cells and modules in Malaysia. Other market-leading manufacturers, including China’s JA Solar and Jinko Solar, have major manufacturing operations there, as well.
Malaysia Solar Energy Profile
Malaysia, along with its ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) has been slow to deploy solar and other renewable power generation capacity, however. Renewable energy accounts for just two percent (2%) of Malaysia’s total electricity generation capacity.
Looking ahead, prospects look brighter. Malaysia’s government has set a goal of renewables accounting for national power generation capacity by 2030. Large-scale solar energy auctions continue to be conducted, and just this past year, the government introduced a revised, 500-megawatt (MW) net energy metering (NEM) scheme aimed primarily at boosting solar and renewable power generation in the commercial and industrial (C&I) sector.

The Sun is an infinite source of energy that is pivotal for sustaining life on our planet earth. It has been harnessing energy from the sun since ancient times to this modern era of ever evolving technologies. Solar radiation can be converted into useful energy such as – solar collectors can provide hot water or air heating, solar photovoltaic cells can generate electricity.

Nepal is blessed with solar resource as it lies at 30◦ Northern latitude which is ideal and there are over 300 days of sunshine annually. Further the annual average solar insolation is 5kWh/m2 per day. These conditions are perfect for harnessing solar energy for various conversion technologies