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Elgin has acquired the Blackhall Solar Farm in County Meath, in the Republic of Ireland, from German energy supplier GP Joule.

Proparco and Banco Santander have invested into Grupo Enhol’s 467MW Illa solar PV project, which is currently under development in Peru.

Welcome to the PV Tech Best of the Week roundup, covering the week's biggest stories from the global solar industry.

The replacement of decommissioned solar projects will account for 23% of new capacity additions by the 2040s, according to Wood Mackenzie.

LONGi has unveiled a hybrid interdigitated back contact (HIBC) solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 28.29%, a record for the company.

Nadara has started commercial operations at the Big Fish agrivoltaics (agriPV) project in Italy, the largest agriPV project in the country.

The US has published new limits on polysilicon imports to the US ahead of new tariffs coming into force on 4 December.

The median price for solar PV modules imported to the US has increased by more than 40% since the imposition of tariffs set under Section 232.

Ingka Investments has started commercial operations at a 74.9MWac solar PV project in the US state of South Carolina.

Annual global renewable energy capacity additions will need to almost double to 1.2TW if the world is to meet the COP28 targets, says IRENA.