Mustapa: Malaysia keen to develop 'solar valleys'

Malaysia is keen to develop "solar valleys" to enable small- and medium-sized businesses and other vendors to support the solar energy industry, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.

The country has so far attracted RM10 billion in investments in the the fast growing photovoltaic or solar energy industry, from big players the likes of First Solar and Sunpower from the U.S. and Q-Cells from Germany, according to a Jan. 27 Business Times report.