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Tunisia has announced the winners of tenders for over 500MW of solar capacity, including Qair International and Voltalia.

2024 has been marked with a downturn in the solar industry, with companies shutting down, laying off employees or restructuring its business. Here, PV Tech runs down its top 10 stories of the past 12 months.

Enlight Renewable Energy has announced financing for the 290MWdc/940MWh solar-plus-storage Roadrunner project near Tucson, Arizona.

Freyr has completed the acquisition of Trina Solar’s Texas solar manufacturing assets, first announced in November.

New York state has issued its final siting permit for AES’ 125MW Somerset solar project, to be built on former industrial land.

EDP has secured €700 million in loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the development of over 1.9GW of renewable energy capacity

Unlike the price ceiling for wind, which has not changed compared to 2024, all three auctions involving solar PV have been revised down to take into account the decrease in the forecast levelised cost of electricity, said the Bundesnetzagentur.

The Huadian Tibet Caipeng project, at 5,228 metres above sea level, is the highest-altitude solar project to receive a grid connection.

Recurrent Energy, the renewable energy developer arm of solar manufacturer Canadian Solar, has reached financial close on a 171MW solar-plus-storage project in Victoria, Australia.

This week, a number of solar developers have raised funds for a number of projects, including Sonnedix in Europe and Origis in the US.