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Agreements have been reached to develop a green hydrogen production facility in Western Australia, powered by a 900MW solar PV plant.

Bifacial perovskite cells could potentially produce up to 20% more energy yield than their monofacial counterparts, according to experimental research by scientists at the US’ National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

German start-up Hy2gen has planned to build a green ammonia plant with a 200MW electrolyser capacity in Mexico.

PVCase has closed its latest funding round, raising US$100 million from investors Highland Europe, Energize and Elephant.

Solar corporate funding for the first half of 2023 increased by 54% year-on-year to US$18.5 billion, with public market financing dominating the increase.

Globeleq has purchased Scatec’s 52.5% share in the 41MW Central Solar de Mocuba solar PV plant in Mozambique.

The European Investment Bank will loan €300 million to Banco Santander (Brasil) to build 600MWp of small-scale solar in Brazil.

Swedish solar company Alight has opened an office in Madrid, hoping to tap into the city's mature talent pool to support its growth and development in Europe.

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film module manufacturer First Solar has signed a framework agreement with solar developer Energix Renewables to supply 5GW of modules.

Europe has the potential to deploy 51TW of agriculture-paired solar PV, or agrivoltaics, according to research published in the Progress in Photovoltaics journal earlier this year.