Will Norman

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to release US$20 million in funding for solar waste reduction and lifecycle technologies, including US$8 million of funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

India installed 6,794MW of solar PV in H1 (January – June) 2023, a 19% decrease year-on-year from 2022 according to energy analyst JMK Research.

Indian state-owned utility SJVN will develop 1.2GW of solar PV projects to supply power to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited.

The Australian government has announced AU$50 million (US$33.7 million) in investment to develop renewable energy supply chains – notably for solar and energy storage – in the Indo-Pacific.

A new steel mill in Temple, Texas will supply steel tubing to solar tracker supplier Array Technologies for use in its deployments at utility-scale PV projects in the US.

Electrification cable manufacturer Nexans has been awarded a €1.43 billion (US$1.59 billion) contract for a portion of the EuroAsia Interconnector subsea cable, connecting Greece and Cyprus.

Modus Asset Management has taken owership of a of a 55MW ground-mounted solar PV portfolio in Latvia from renewables developer Evecon, through its Clean Energy Infrastructure Fund.

There are currently over 40GW of Chinese-made solar modules in storage across Europe with a cumulative value of around €7 billion (US$7.8 billion), according to data from research firm Rystad Energy.

Nordic independent power producer (IPP) Scatec has secured US$102 million in funding to support its Release by Scatec platform.

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded 1.96GW of solar PV projects in its most recent Green Energy Auction Round (GEA2).