Coronavirus Outbreak Hits Solar Power Development In Asia

The coronavirus outbreak is impacting the energy sector beyond the depressed oil demand in the world’s top oil importer and key oil demand growth driver, China. Due to factory shutdowns and production disruptions, exports of solar panels and other components out of China are being delayed, disrupting the supply chain of the solar power industries and affecting solar projects in Asia.    India, for example, already experiences delays in solar projects as imports of solar panels and solar modules from China are being delayed because…