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California's two largest investor-owned utilities added the most new solar power to their systems in 2012 in an annual ranking of electric utilities released today.

UK solar energy developer Lightsource Renewable Energy has completed and commissioned over 133MWp of solar PV projects in the first quarter of 2013.

Solar system supplier SunPower is to construct two solar power projects for Yolo County in California.

PV manufacturer ReneSola has won a contract to supply its modules for installation at a 1.8MW solar project in Roswell, New Mexico.

Global project constructor firm AMEC and Arizona Public Service (APS) Co have jointly completed a 17MW solar farm, the fifth project under the APS' AZ Sun solar programme.

Chinese manufacturer LDK Solar has technically defaulted on repayment of a loan after making only partial payment on a $23.7 million bond due 15 April.

China is looking to diffuse tensions with Europe over the trade case launched against its manufacturers claimed to be dumping modules on the European market.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund a 57MW solar power project in central Thailand by providing a financing package worth US$85 million.

Solar Systems, an Australian concentrating PV (CPV) systems manufacture, has announced the operational start up of its Mildura solar demonstration facility in Mildura in the Australian state of Victoria.

Taiwan-based inverter manufacturer i-Energy has delivered a 20kW solar power tracker system for a PV project in the City of Welland in Ontario, Canada.