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The European Parliament has voted to accelerate the adoption of renewable power generation on the continent.

OMCO Solar has opened its sixth manufacturing facility in the US, and will provide backrails for First Solar’s new Series 7 modules.

Canadian PV manufacturer Heliene has secured US$170 million to grow its existing module assembly plant with two new 300MW lines.

Norwegian solar ingot manufacturer NorSun has announced its decision to temporarily stop production and lay off employees due to the influx of "exceptionally low price" Chinese solar modules.

SolarEdge has launched its latest product, a 330kW inverter, alongside a “complementing” H1300 power optimiser.

Longroad Energy has extended a module supply agreement with First Solar, and now expects to acquire an additional 2GW of First Solar modules.

The US Department of Energy has started receiving application for a US$10 million funding and technical assistance programme.

SolarPower Europe has warned of the “deeply precarious” impacts of collapsing costs in the global solar sector.

Dimension has announced the closing of a US$237 million financing, which will support a 120MWdc distributed generation portfolio.

Ampt has announced plans to deliver 195MW of string optimisers to a “utility-scale solar-plus-storage project” in North America.