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The US Department of Energy has invested up to US$22 million to improve planning, siting and permitting of large-scale renewable projects.

The Global Solar Council (GSC) and Global Wind Organisation (GWO) will develop a set of standards for the world’s solar PV technicians.

The policy environment for solar PV in Europe needs to be balanced between the interests of developers and other industry parties, according to speakers at today’s Large Scale Solar Europe conference in Lisbon.

Bernstein Liebhard has filed a lawsuit against Shoals due to “wire shrinkback,” affecting a number of its products.

Invenergy has secured US$1.27 billion for the construction of a 677MW renewables portfolio, including a 189MW solar PV project in Kansas.

Spanish solar developer Solarpack has closed a US$176 million senior financing package for a 300MW solar PV plant in Peru.

The CPUC has approved requests made by utilities in the state to allow solar and storage facilities to use Limited Generation Profiles.

Primergy has signed a “long-term” power purchase agreement (PPA) with California community solar initiative San Diego Community Power (SDCP).

Trina Solar has signed an agreement with renewables wholesaler CCL Energy Group to supply 1.2GW of i-TOPCon modules to Europe.

With solar a global industry, perhaps a global approach is the best way to ensure a more consistent supply of funding.