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Leading PV industry association says 2GW of small-scale generation could be installed over a 12 month period as a much-needed supply source amidst national power crisis.

The project is one of five utility-scale PV plants located in Australia's most populated state being developed by a Photon Energy-Canadian Solar joint venture targeting 1.14GW.

The EU’s solar market doubled roll-out in 2019 with 16.7GW of deployment, up 104% on the 8.2GW installed in 2018, according to SolarPower Europe.

MNRE secretary commits to managing curtailment of renewables, while analyst says problem 'too important to ignore'.

Government of global solar hotspot uses this year’s UN climate talks to announce earlier shutdown dates for nearly 700MW in fossil fuel capacity, set to be fully replaced by green energy.

NEXTracker has introduced its smart single-axis solar tracker family, 'NX Gemini’, which enables two-module-in-portrait (2P) tracking of either monofacial or bifacial PV modules. The next-generation two-module-in-portrait (2P) tracker is optimized for customer sites with hard soils, challenging terrain, irregular parcel shapes and high-wind requirements.

Delivering 103MWp Midden-Groningen within eight months involved installing 315,000 panels, setting up biodiversity-friendly areas and linking the plant directly to the Dutch grid.

Launch of solar and solar-plus-wind tenders totalling 2.4GW comes as some analysts question country can reach 175GW-by-2022 renewables aim.

AfDB's Sahel programme will sponsor the development of four 52MWp plants to help the energy-impoverished West African nation boost capacity by 15%.

Three green-lit projects in South Nevada are set to come online by 2024 and will be separately developed by EDF, 8minute and a Quinbrook-Arevia partnership.