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Calls for new rules coincide with news that Australia is guaranteed to meet its 2020 target for large-scale renewables generation thanks to progress in recent years.

According to local news reports, construction of the US$150 million, 40,000-panel project will start in 2021.

The US$182 million Adani deal is part of an ongoing effort by Essel Group to shrink its debt.

The Norwegian developer also switched on 65MW of new capacity in Egypt's giant Benban complex this week.

Exempting utilities from mandatory procurement under 41-year-old PURPA law risks further harming independent producers and consumers, says PV body as it proposes way forward.

Launch of process to procure 500MW of grid-connected solar sees major Indian state push for low prices in line with earlier tenders this year.

The Victoria government has released new planning guidelines for large-scale solar farms to ease tensions between solar developers and local communities, but they are yet to come into effect.

Procurement of new renewables and energy storage projects on archipelago's three largest islands is biggest to date in Aloha State.

Project designed with 200MW/10MW capacity will add to the southern Australian state's already impressive solar pipeline.

Powering-up of 156MWp plant in Bahia adds further momentum to PV ecosystem in Brazil's northeast, the target of an upcoming government-sponsored auction programme.