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Spanish utility Iberdrola and Spanish solar PV manufacturer Exiom have received the first equipment for the production of solar PV modules in Spain.

Southern US utility the El Paso Electric (EPE) Company has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for renewable energy projects to serve its customers in New Mexico.

Solar developer Lightsource bp has signed a 149MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with chemical manufacturer LyondellBasell.

sonnenConnect will deploy a time of use (TOU) algorithm which, in conjunction with a battery (which NEM 3.0 reportedly incentivises), “ensures customers will not pay peak-period pricing at any point throughout the year”, the company said.

Advanced Power has sold its under-development Oriana solar-plus-storage project in the US state of Texas to Sabanci Renewables.

Virginia-headquartered energy utility Dominion Energy has filed a proposal with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) for 772MW worth of solar PV capacity in the state.

Consumers Energy will build an 85MW solar plant at the site of two coal-fired power plants in Michigan, which it closed in June this year.

Swiss-headquartered asset investment firm Capital Dynamics has acquired 170MW of ready-to-build solar PV capacity in Italy for an undisclosed sum and from an unnamed global energy service provider.

Independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix has started construction of a 149MW solar PV project in Portugal, its first in the country.

Southeast US utility Duke Energy has sold its distributed commercial generation portfolio – including solar PV developer REC Solar and all of its assets – to investment firm ArcLight Capital Partners. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.