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US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film solar module manufacturer First Solar has acquired a new facility in Ohio to support its distribution operations.

Danish renewables developer Ørsted has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply 80MW of solar PV power in the US to media company Bloomberg.

Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar has launched a new n-type industrial tunnel oxide passivated contacts (i-TOPCon) module designed for commercial and industrial rooftops.

US utility AES Corporation built 3.5GW of renewable energy generation projects in 2023, led by solar PV installations.

Solarpack has signed a 25-year PPA to sell power generated at its upcoming 410MW Gorbea solar project to SECI.

The statement came on the same day that European solar manufacturing stalwart Meyer Burger announced plans to abandon its module assembly plant in Germany because of the lack of support afforded to manufacturers in Europe.

The updated Western Solar Plan would streamline the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) framework for siting solar energy projects.

Distributed energy platform Scale Microgrids has acquired over 500MW of community solar and energy storage projects across several states in the US from Netherlands-based developer Gutami.

The ten members of ASEAN plus Timor-Leste, have over 28GW of operating utility-scale solar and wind capacity.

Corporate financing in the solar sector rose 42% in 2023 compared with 2022, according to Mercom Capital.