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LONGi has developed a crystalline silicon heterojunction back-contact solar cell, which boasts a conversion efficiency of 27.09%.

BrightNight has closed a US$375 million corporate credit facility, which it plans to use to build out a 31 GW pipeline of projects.

First Solar has signed a PPA with Cleantech Solar, which will see the latter build 150MW of new solar capacity in India.

The government of Kuwait has launched tenders for 1.1GW of solar projects, to be installed at its Al Shagaya Renewable Energy facility.

Avangrid has cancelled a proposed merger with US utility PNM following two years of delays in the approval process.

Nextracker has finalised its split from Singapore-headquartered electronics firm Flex after eight years of Flex ownership.

Globeleq has finalised its acquisition of a 75% stake in the 41MW Central Solar de Mocuba solar project in Mozambique from Scatec KLP.

The Emeren Group has purchased a development portfolio of solar projects in Spain from Negratin Global Services.

In the final days of the year, PV Tech is looking back at the solar sector in 2023, including the COP28 climate conference in Dubai.

We look at developments in the research and deployment of TOPCon cells, and consider if the year of TOPCon will continue into 2024.