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Western Australia network operator Western Power has confirmed it has granted two more network connection offers to two new large-scale renewable energy projects, bringing its total for 2024/25 to 759MW.

Dutch pension fund APG has agreed to provide Octopus Australia with AU$1 billion to support its solar, wind, and BESS portfolio.

Matthias Taft, the chief executive officer of renewables developer BayWa r.e., will leave the company at the end of August.

Lithuanian government-owned utility and renewables developer Ignitis Group has completed its first 94MW solar project in Latvia.

US solar module manufacturer SEG Solar has shipped its first order of utility-scale solar modules from its Texas production facility.

First Solar has completed a deal to sell US$391 million in tax credits, bringing its total tax credit sales this year to over US$1.5 billion.

Leeward Renewable Energy has started construction at the Twelvemile 1 and 2 solar projects in Oklahoma, which have a capacity of 152MW.

Lucy Nation has said bp paid the price for proceeding “too quickly,” resulting in its exit from the 26GW AREH project in Pilbara.

Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on all imports entering the US from India from the 1st August 2025.

Wind and solar PV are set to cover over 90% of the increase in global electricity demand this year, according to the IEA.