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Google has announced that it will reach 100% renewable energy across its global operations including data centres and offices within 2017.

Two companies are constructing a 1MW solar PV plant in Thailand using various combinations of technologies in order to set up a learning centre and advisory board to help solar developers across the Southeast Asia region.

Scatec Solar will make its first foray into the Brazilian market with a group of four projects totalling 150MW.

SunSystem Technology (SST) and Enphase Energy announced Monday that SunSystem has acquired the residential operations & maintenance (O&M) field services division of Next Phase Solar from Enphase — with both companies also agreeing to a partnership in which SST will serve as Enphase’s primary residential O&M service provider.

Renewable energy service provider Ameresco is playing a large part in bringing community solar to two towns in Massachusetts.

NLC tendering for 500MW(ac) in Tamil Nadu, Off-grid solar power for 1,000 villages in Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu 500MW utility-scale tender avoided.

Solar power produced 1% of India’s electricity in H1 2016/2017, according to data from Mercom Capital.

India’s ongoing demonetization scheme, which has divided opinion globally, looks set to improve the finances of Indian distribution companies (Discoms) in what could be a boon to the solar sector, according to consultancy firm Mercom Capital Group.

EDF Energies Nouvelles, a subsidiary of EDF, has completed a 146MW solar plant and started constructing another 115MW plant in Chile.

More than 160 UK-based NGOs, public institutions and businesses – including major brands such as Sainsbury’s and IKEA – have come out in support of solar over proposed increases to rateable values.