Will Norman

Korean-owned solar manufacturer Qcells has signed an agreement with Texas-based solar module recycling firm Solarcycle to recycle Qcells’ decommissioned modules in the US.

Renewable energy IPP Vena Energy began operations at a 125MW PV site in the Australian state of Queensland last week.

Solar and energy storage developer SolAmerica Energy has signed a solar module supply agreement with solar module manufacturer First Solar.

Estonian independent power producer (IPP) Sunly has secured €65.9 million (US$71 million) towards the development and construction of 98MW worth of solar PV projects in Poland.

CubicPV has abandoned its plans for a 10GW solar wafer manufacturing facility in the US and is "restructuring" to focus on perovskite module development.

CrossBoundary Energy will develop a hybrid solar PV, BESS and thermal energy project at the Baomahun gold mine in Sierra Leone.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has backed a €25 million (US$27 million) investment into a 112.5MW solar PV project in north-eastern Bulgaria.

Tyr Energy Development Renewables (TED), a US-based renewable energy subsidiary of Japanese “sogo shosha” trading company Itochu corporation, has completed development of 333MW worth of solar PV in the US.

Independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix has secured a €260 million (US$279 million) green loan to finance the acquisition and construction of renewable energy projects in Italy.

The first US$10 billion close of this second fund includes a seed portfolio of an unnamed UK onshore renewables developer and a solar development partnership in India.