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Welcome to the PV Tech Best of the Week roundup, covering the week’s biggest stories from the global solar PV industry.

Independent power producer (IPP) ContourGlobal and community-owned public power utility Platte River Power Authority have completed construction of a 324MW solar PV complex in the US state of Colorado.

Germany is on course to produce over 600,000 tonnes of solar PV waste material by 2030, potentially worth billions in aluminium and silver.

Renalfa IPP and Danish renewables developer Eurowind Energy have began commercial operations at a 242MWp solar-plus-storage hybrid park in Bulgaria.

First Solar has filed a patent lawsuit against JA and some of its subsidiaries, as well as American Panel Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corning.

Alight has acquired a portfolio of 40 utility-scale solar projects in southern Sweden from Soltech Energy Solutions.

TurningPoint Energy has energised a 2.1MWac community solar project in Georgetown, Delaware, third of six in 30MWdc portfolio.

X-Elio has started commercial operations at the 368MW Lorca Solar project in Spain, its largest in the country.

A US Senate bill proposing to speed up the permitting process for energy projects has received a mixed response from clean energy industry and advocacy groups.

Spanish energy and water infrastructure group Cox has secured financing for a 75.2MWp solar project in Guatemala.