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JA Solar and BayWa r.e. have both participated in the development of new solar-wind hybrid facilities, with the former supplying modules for the largest project of its kind in South Korea.

Our ability to generate renewable energy is scaling up fast, and solutions to integrate that energy will rely on technologies like blockchain to help keep new solutions on track. Power Ledger’s executive chairman and co-founder, Dr Jemma Green, looks at the role blockchain plays within her company’s platform to integrate and automate solar energy trading and balancing

A round-up of the latest news from the US, where SEIA endorses a tax exemption for solar projects in California, an ex-CAISO chair calls for additional storage and 174 Power Global energises a 180MW facility in Texas.

Ongoing project performance issues and tumbling power price forecasts cost renewables infrastructure investor John Laing £95 million (US$124.61 million) in the first half of the year.

First Solar has claimed its 141MW Luz del Norte solar project is the “world’s first” utility-scale solar facility licensed to provide ancillary grid services commercially.

Update 21 August 2020: A representative of Capital Dynamics contacted Energy-Storage.news with the additional information on the sizing, capacity and location of the planned projects.

Portugal’s environment minister has revealed a solar tender due to take place in the country at the end of the month is ten times oversubscribed.

A round-up of the latest news from the US, where New Jersey utility PSEG is considering offloading its solar business and Sunrun joins forces with SK E&S for “electrification venture”.

The operator of a 50MW solar facility in North Queensland at risk of curtailment expects the problem to be resolved in the next few weeks.

A round-up of recent developments in the US, where EDF Renewables strikes a 22-year PPA in Nevada and First Solar announces senior leadership changes.