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Energy storage’s state-of-play, bifacial's fortunes in the trade war era and Latin American solar's rising star are among the key themes of latest edition of Solar Media’s journal.

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

Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar has reiterated PV module shipments to be in 14-15GW range in 2019 but noted that its order book for 2020 was rapidly filling up, due to strong global demand.

October tender to offer PV winners 20-year deals; distributed segment marks deals by LONGi and Mori Energia; top bank backs auction-backed duo.

The forthcoming ground-mounted and rooftop tenders will help France move towards target of quadrupling its solar capacity by 2028.

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.

Based on analysis of 21 PV manufacturers that were listed on various stock exchanges around the world in 2018, PV Tech can reveal the top 10 R&D spenders.

Duo inks 12-year PPA for 50MWp Don Rodrigo 2, already under construction just a few kilometres away from 175MWp predecessor near Spain's Seville.

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.