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Community solar developer Lightstar Renewables confirmed on Thursday (8 August) that it has been approved to participate in the ‘Solar Neighbourhood Plan’ in Detroit, US, by the City Council.

Australian think tank Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has signaled that the mineral-rich region of Pilbara, Western Australia, needs rapid investment in its transmission network to ensure renewable energy, such as solar, can help drive decarbonisation.

MCE and Golden State Clean Energy (GSCE) have partnered to work on a solar and storage project in California.

Pivot Energy has signed an agreement with Microsoft to develop 500MW of community-scale solar capacity across the US between 2025 and 2029.

Wood Mackenzie and the CCSA expect the US community solar sector to add 7.3GW of new capacity in the next five years.

The UK’s Standard Chartered Bank will provide a €249 million (£213 million) loan for Turkish investment company Kalyon Enerji.

Graphic Packaging International (GPI) will acquire electricity from an 83MW solar portfolio operated by Zelestra.

SEG Solar has launched commercial operations at its 2GW PV manufacturing facility in Houston, in the US state of Texas.

Acen Australia has submitted assessment documents for its 600MW Birriwa solar-plus-storage in New South Wales (NSW).

Scientists at the University of Oxford last week (9 August) revealed a breakthrough in solar PV technology via an ultra-thin material that can be applied to “almost any building” and deliver over 27% conversion efficiency.