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The increasing technical complexity of the renewable energy space has increased the demands on capital raising for those in the sector.

Members of the European Parliament are urging the European Commission to restrict Chinese solar inverter manufacturers’ access to the bloc’s energy infrastructure, due to cybersecurity concerns.

Renewables asset fund Alantra Solar has secured €355 million to support the development and construction of five solar PV projects in Italy.

Independent power producer (IPP) Matrix Renewables has completed the construction of a 284MW solar PV plant in Texas.

Apple has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Danish developer European Energy for renewable electricity from the 108MW Lancaster solar park in Victoria, Australia.

Australian energy retailer Flow Power has secured an offtake agreement from the 400MW Stubbo Solar project in New South Wales to underpin the launch of its Flow Home residential energy service in the state.

The French and Italian solar markets have both moved forward in their latest public tender process for solar capacity.

Inverter manufacturer SolarEdge sold close to 1.5GW of inverters in the third quarter of the year, driving revenue of US$340.2 million.

The low volatility displayed in PV module prices in Europe has reached a sustained equilibrium between production and demand in October, according to online solar marketplace sun.store.

Osaka Gas and Sonnedix have announced plans to install a BESS at the latter's 38.7MW Oita solar project in Japan.