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Heather Zichal has announced she will leave the American Clean Power Association (ACP) after two years as its CEO.

Italy has allocated 413MW of solar PV and wind capacity in its ninth renewables auction, according to figures from energy management agency GSE.

EDPR Sunseap has signed a MOU with Korea East-West Power to jointly develop renewable projects in South Korea and across the APAC region.

Energy major Shell will acquire Daystar Power, an Africa-based commercial and industrial (C&I) solar provider.

Lightsource bp has closed a BRL800 million (US$147 million) financing for its 210MWp Milagres solar project in the Brazilian state of Ceará.

Renewables company Voltalia expects to achieve 2.6GW of renewables in operation or under construction in 2022, a year ahead of schedule.

Rajasthan’s electricity regulator has proposed new rules that would make solar installations in the state which supply power to other states provide 10% of their generation to Rajasthan’s state distribution company (Discom) free of charge.

A new partnership between CrossBoundary Energy Access and Engie Energy Access plans to build a US$60 million portfolio of mini-grids that are expected to connect more than 150,000 people to electricity in Nigeria.

Queensland gets about 21% of its energy from renewables, but the state government has just set an increased target of 70% renewables by 2032.

Nearly a third of all renewable technologies employment came from the solar PV industry in 2021, according to a new report from the IRENA.