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The inverter helps prevent fires in solar systems but can also cause them if not properly specified. Clean Energy Associates’ Ankil Sanghvi looks at the details of inverter architecture that should be investigated to prevent the worst from happening.

Construction financing for the Shallow Basket Project in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, came from Deutsche Bank.

The second partnership between CIP and AMPIN Energy Transition aims to develop north of 2GW of renewable energy projects across India.

Independent power producer (IPP) Aquila Clean Energy has connected 210MW of solar PV across five projects in Spain.

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has issued a tender seeking advisory services for a co-located 1.6GW solar PV/1GW BESS project.

Cormac Gilligan of S&P Global said macro market forces have combined with technology shifts to impact the fortunes of inverter producers.

An ageing 545MW wind farm in Egypt is to be reborn as a 3GW PV and wind hybrid facility under a provisional repowering plan agreed last week.

Rooftop solar PV in South Australia broke the 100% grid demand contribution on Sunday afternoon, peaking at 107.5%.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has provided AU$1.7 million in funding to explore the integration of consumer energy resources (CERs) into the NEM.

Whitehaven Energy, a subsidiary of coal producer Whitehaven Coal, is seeking Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act approval to power one of its mines via a 26MW solar-plus-storage project in Australia.