Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

Spanish independent power producer (IPP) has energised the fourth phase of its flagship solar-plus-storage project in Chile, Oasis de Atacama.

Sunwafe has selected Spanish engineering firm Tresca Ingenieria for the development of its 20GW ingot/wafer manufacturing facility in Spain.

The governments of Turkey and Saudi Arabia have signed a 5GW renewables agreement to develop power plants in the former country.

Avangrid, a subsidiary of Spanish utility Iberdrola, has reached commercial operations at two PV power plants in the US state of Oregon.

Microinverter supplier Enphase Energy has filed an 8-K form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stating that it will reduce its workforce globally by nearly 160 jobs.

Private equity firm Younan Company has launched an 880MW solar-plus-storage project in California, marking its entry into utility-scale solar PV in the US.

The rate of installation of new self-consumption PV systems in Spain fell slightly last year, according to data from trade body the Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF).

US-based PV recycling firm Solarcycle has begun operations at its Cedartown recycling facility in Georgia, US.

A 132MW solar PV project from French renewables company Voltalia has been selected by the Tunisian government for construction.

Canadian renewables firm Westbridge Renewable Energy has received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to build an up to 225MW solar-plus-storage plant in Alberta, Canada.