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Canada will introduce tax credits, incentives and investment for developing and manufacturing solar PV, energy storage and other renewable energy technologies in an Inflation Reduction Act-style scheme.

large scale solar PV plants are encouraged to be built in deserts, including Gobi, oil fields and coalfields that can hardly be restored. 

US solar developer Swift Current Energy has started construction on its 800MWdc ‘Double Black Diamond’ solar PV project in central Illinois.

The company said the Helios Guamo and Helios Lanceros projects — both of them having the capacity of 19.9MWac — will reach the ready to build status by the third quarter this year.

The Indian governemnt has granted approvals for just under 5GW of solar PV projects to be deployed in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, in the north of the country

The projects consist of a 90MW floating solar project in Madhya Pradesh and a 100MW utility-scale solar PV project to be built in Gujarat

The combined value of five industrial projects in Vermont was US$5.1 million.

Missouri-based solar developer Birch Creek Energy has acquired DC-based greenfield developer Foundations Solar Partners from equity firm Hull Street Energy.

Based on a multi-year agreement, Nextracker will supply trackers for projects in Texas, Arizona, and Virginia.

Comprising 14 production lines, the factory is expected to begin production on or before the end of October this year.