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The latest Indian solar auction has seen wining tariffs return to extreme lows at INR 4.35/kWh (US$0.065) for 130MW of PV in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Solar tracker firm Array Technologies (ATI) will demonstrate a new design of its flagship solar tracking product at Intersolar North America, including a wind mitigation system.

Leading China-based solar module manufacturer Canadian Solar will debut its new 1500V System Voltage crystalline module portfolio at Intersolar North America today.

Leading US crystalline-silicon module manufacturer SolarWorld will debut its 1500-volt module at this year’s Intersolar North America.

The Chilean Congress has passed a major law on electricity transmission, which will help the development of both renewable and non-renewable energy projects.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued a notice of interest (NIT) for EPC of a 50MW(ac) solar PV project in Kerala under the DCR.

Solar energy solutions provider REC Solar announced the expansion of its channel partner programme in order to accelerate the commercial solar market.

Solar Frontier Americas — US subsidiary of the world’s largest CIS solar energy solutions provider, Solar Frontier — announced that two utility-scale solar projects from its development pipeline have started construction.

The European Commission has warned China that it will reassess the future of the minimum import price (MIP) if a pattern of breaches continues.

Federal government-owned public liability, the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET), has signed the country’s first ever solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with more than ten project developers, totalling 975MW of utility-scale solar.