Jonathan Touriño Jacobo

The New York State Public Service Commission has approved US$4.4 billion for transmission upgrades that will boost the uptake of renewables.

PV module manufacturer Suntech has signed a cooperation agreement to build a 10GW TOPCon high-efficiency cell production manufacturing hub in the Chinese province of Anhui.

The European Commission has approved Romania’s €259 million scheme to support investments in the production, assembly and recycling of batteries, PV cells and solar panels.

Residential solar installer SunPower has invested in its California sales and marketing division to ensure that as many customers can apply for favourable net energy metering (NEM) 2.0 rates.

Cloud-based software company Salesforce has committed to purchasing 280,000MWh of renewable energy certificates in emerging markets.

Solar tracker manufacturer PV Hardware has planned to build a new solar structure and tracker facility occupying 65,000m2 in an industrial park in Valencia, Spain.

The US Department of Treasury has released guidance on two Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) programmes aimed at low-income and coal communities.

Australian renewables association Clean Energy Council has called on the Australian Government to respond to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

The Indian government has decided to relax the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) for two years, in a move to boost installed solar capacity.

Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall has invested in a 76MW agrivoltaics project in the northeastern municipality of Tützpatz, Germany.