Markets & Finance

Australia’s rooftop and grid-scale solar contributed to the majority of the total electricity supply in the national electricity market on 17 September, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).

Nexun, a portfolio company of infrastructure investor Marguerite, has signed a co-development agreement with an unnamed Polish developer for 206MW of solar PV.

The Israeli government has published a tender seeking bids for a 100MW solar PV project to be built near the Ashalim settlement, a solar power hub in the country.

Scout Clean Energy has signed a power purchase agreement with household product manufacturer Colgate-Palmolive.

Solar inverter producer SolarEdge has unveiled a new PV energy optimisation software system aimed at business owners and the corporate & industrial (C&I) solar sector.

Spanish renewables company Grenergy Renovables has secured technical advisory services from quality control firm Enertis Applus+ for a 386MWp solar PV portfolio in Chile and Peru.

At least US$2.7 trillion must be invested in renewables annually to achieve global net-zero emissions by 2050.

JA Solar and Ecorus have partnered in building the 103.5MWp Fledderbosch solar project in Groningen, in the northeastern Netherlands.

Adequate training and employing people with different skills are some areas US solar companies are working on, as these are crucial to driving the solar industry to succeed.

The European Parliament has voted to accelerate the adoption of renewable power generation on the continent.