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Spanish utility Iberdrola has already begun construction or entered into operation 60% of its new capacity investments by 2025 at the end of the first quarter of 2023.

Microinverter supplier Enphase Energy is expected to ship 100MWh of batteries in the current quarter with the gross margin reaching more than 40%, while its net income in the first quarter of 2023 increased by 183.4% year-on-year.

NextEra Energy Resources, the clean energy business subsidiary of NextEra Energy, added around 2,020MW of renewables and storage assets to its backlog in Q1 2023 in a strong first quarter for the company.

Saudi energy provider ACWA Power has secured a US$123 million financing package to develop a 200MW solar PV project in Egypt.

TCL Zhonghuan has made a series of announcements recently, including investing in a 25GW N-type TOPCon project, initiating a share buyback and releasing its operating data in the first quarter of the year, which reflected its new direction in the industry and confidence in high quality development.

Indian renewable energy independent power producer (IPP) ReNew Power has issued green bonds to raise US$400 million for its subsidiary Diamond II.

According to its Impact Report, 2022 saw SunRun’s GHG emissions intensity (carbon produced per MW deployed) drop 10% year-on-year.

Its deployed solar was up from 48MW in Q1 2022, but solar deployments dropped sequentially in Q1 2023 mainly due to volatile weather.

Spanish renewables developer X-Elio has secured €102 million (US$112 million) for three solar projects in Spain with a total capacity of 147MW.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced US$52 million in financing for research and development (R&D) into domestic solar manufacturing and recycling, including a focus on new technologies.