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The International Energy Agency's latest report shows that increased demand for solar PV could drive significant demand for copper worldwide.

Renewable energy developer Hive Energy will sell 200MW worth of Italian agrivoltaic PV projects to GreenIT, a renewable energy joint venture between Italian energy provider Plenitude and investor CDP Equity.

Danish renewables investment manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has closed €5.6 billion (US$6.1 billion) in capital commitments in the first round of its latest renewables fund.

Dutch solar company Ecorus has sold a 103.5MWp solar park in the Netherlands to German renewable energy asset manager CEE Group.

Chinese company Trina Solar has delivered 800MW of solar modules to the 2GW Al Dhafra PV plant in the UAE.

State-owned French railway company SNCF has created a renewables subsidiary, SNCF Renouvelables, which targets to build 1GW of solar PV by 2030.

NextSource Materials has completed work at its solar-hybrid power plant to power its Molo graphite mine in southern Madagascar.

The Dutch solar trade body Holland Solar has called for the government to reverse its decision to limit PV deployments on agricultural land.  

Spanish electric utility Iberdrola has issued €850 million (US$932 million) in green bonds to investors, to support the development of new renewable projects around the world.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released US$45 million in funding to support domestic solar manufacturing and dual-use PV projects, US$18 million of which is issued under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.