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Chinese solar module manufacturer Hanersun will supply 400MW of its n-type modules to Brazilian solar investment platform Solfácil for its distributed generation operations.

Econergy has closed a €60 million funding facility with Austrian bank Raiffeisen for its 155MW Ratesti solar project in Romania.

Lightsource bp has launched a request for submissions for its latest multi-buyer corporate power purchase agreement in Europe.

Recurrent Energy has announced the funding for its 300MW Ciranda solar project, which consists of a US$100 million (BRL490 million) package.

The Australian government will underwrite 32GW of renewable energy generation and energy storage to stimulate clean energy investment.

PV Tech spoke to Isabel Rodriguez, managing director at Glennmont Partners, about the challenges for the European solar supply chain.

Parliament’s decision has been met with both approval and some trepidation by representatives in the European solar industry. It will now pass to negotiations with the European Council to clarify its specifics.

Of its three major operational markets – the US, Europe and Latin America – Grenergy particularly highlighted Chile as a fulcrum for leveraging up its solar and storage businesses.

Summit Ridge Energy and PureSky Energy have established financing facilities, while Mainstream has closed funding for a 97.5MW solar project.

Small-scale utility and community solar developer Renewable Properties has secured a US$25 million development capital investment to continue developing its 1GW US community solar project pipeline.