article thumbnail

Suzuki to partner with Proton in Malaysia; new 2-cylinder 0.8L diesel for compacts in India

Green Car Congress

Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) will collaborate with the Malaysian national carmaker Proton Holdings Berhad. Proton will manufacture the model at its own plant, and distribute and sell the model under the Proton brand through its sales network in Malaysia. Other additional models will be mutually studied by Proton and SMC.

Suzuki 150
article thumbnail

The US’s largest solar panel maker opens a 3.3 GW factory in India

Baua Electric

Tempe, Arizona-based First Solar’s sixth operational factory expands the company’s global manufacturing footprint to four countries, including the US, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) provided $500 million of the $700 million in financing for First Solar’s India factory.

India 52
article thumbnail

Alstom to lead consortium to build South East Asias first 1000 MW supercritical coal-fired power plant in Malaysia for €1B

Green Car Congress

billion) in total, Alstom has signed a power plant contract worth the equivalent of more than €650 million (US$923 million) with Tenaga Janamanjung Sdn Bhd to provide key power generation equipment to South East Asia’s first 1000 MW supercritical coal-fired power plant Manjung, Malaysia. In a project worth about €1 billion (US$1.4

Malaysia 210
article thumbnail

Pensana plans $125M rare earth separation facility in England

Green Car Congress

Lynas Corporation of Australia, currently the world’s largest non-Chinese producer, last year produced around 4,700 tonnes of magnet metal oxides from its facility in Malaysia. China installed 58GW of wind capacity in 2020, exceeding the total capacity installed worldwide in the previous year.

Angola 345