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TOYO SOLAR, a solar cell subsidiary of Tokyo-headquartered solar manufacturer VSUN SOLAR, has signed a long-term polysilicon supply agreement with South Korean-owned polysilicon producer OCI.

Australian utility Origin Energy has acquired renewables developer Walcha Energy and its 1.3GW project pipeline of solar and wind assets.

Masdar and DEWA establish a joint venture, Shuaa Energy 4, to develop the sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

Meyer Burger has called an emergency general meeting to approve final funding for its Colorado and Arizona manufacturing plants.

German solar testing house Fraunhofer ISE opened its new technology evaluation centre (Module-TEC) in a former Solar Fabrik factory in Freiburg, Germany this week.

US tracker manufacturer GameChange Solar has expanded its annual domestic production target to 35GW.

The Eland 2 solar-plus-storage project is under early-stage construction and is expected to come online in the first quarter of 2025.

Iraq will look to deploy 12GW of solar PV capacity by 2030, according to a plan revealed this week by the Iraqi National Investment Authority.

Annual module capacity in the US is expected to reach 35GW by the end of the year, according to advisory body, Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

Turkey's installed solar capacity has surpassed wind thanks to the addition of hybrid projects, adding 510MW of capacity to the solar sector.