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Tracker company FTC Solar has signed a 1GW PV tracker supply agreement with Dunlieh Energy with the first project located in Nebraska, US.

PV Tech speaks to Anker SOLIX at All-Energy Australia 2024 about its expansion into the market and its latest products.

While most coal-fired power stations in Australia are expected to close in the 2030s, UK-based research group Cornwall Insight predicts that the last will not close until the 2050s.

Renewables developer Vesper Energy details the construction of the 600MW Hornet Solar plant in Texas, including the IRA impact on the project.

Primergy has secured US$225 million in project financing to support its “Valley of Fire” portfolio across Nevada, Arizona and Colorado.

UK-based global renewables developer Lightsource bp has secured investment for two utility-scale PV projects in Texas, one of which is backed by a newly signed off-take deal with the clothing brand H&M.

Recurrent Energy and APS sign tolling agreements and Avantus sells a solar-plus-storage project to DESRI in Arizona.

Estonian independent power producer Sunly has started construction on three utility-scale solar PV parks in Latvia.

A surge in rooftop solar has helped resolve load shedding in South Africa, but this has led to a decline in the demand for residential PV.

Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC) has been named the product listing body for solar PV modules and inverters eligible under the Australian government’s ‘Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme’.