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New antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariffs in the US could result in increased solar cell and module costs “to a level that significantly restricts solar supply and installations in the US”, according to new analysis from Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

Doral Renewables plans to begin commercial operations at its 400MW Mammoth North solar project in the US state of Indiana this summer.

The Queensland government in Australia has confirmed that it has broken ground on its AUS$5 billion (US$3.3 billion) CopperString transmission project.

Spain has passed a regulation regarding the installation of floating solar PV (FPV) on reservoirs in the country.

Aggreko Energy Transition Solutions, a division of power generation equipment supplier Aggreko, has acquired US-based commercial and industrial solar company Infiniti Energy from private equity firm Upper Bay Infrastructure Partners.

German engineering firm Belectric has secured a contract to build a 135MWp solar PV project in Denmark, expected to be operational in 2025.

Indian EPC firm Larsen & Toubro has secured contracts to build two solar PV plants in the Middle East with a combined capacity of 3.5GW.

Passing legislation about agriPV would kickstart the development of such projects in Greece and keep workforce in villages.

The Western Australian government has released the results of a first-of-its-kind project, combining hydrogen and solar to create a microgrid.

The world will add 3.8TWac of new solar capacity by 2033, alongside 1.6TW of new wind capacity, according to Wood Mackenzie.