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The Chinese government has lodged a complaint against India with the World Trade Organization over alleged subsidies to its solar industry.

European Energy has secured approval for its 1.1GW Upper Calliope solar project in Queensland near Gladstone, Australia. 

Emmvee, through its subsidiary Emmvee Energy, has begun operations at its 2.5GW solar module manufacturing plant in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Altus Power has acquired a 234MW solar portfolio from independent power producer Greenbacker. 

German renewable energy developer BayWa r.e., along with its Dutch subsidiary GroenLeven, has sold a 46MW floating solar PV (FPV) project in the northern province of Friesland, the Netherlands.

The US House of Representatives has passed a permitting reform bill reducing the environmental scrutiny on large energy projects.

Wang Bohua, honorary chairman of the China PV Industry Association (CPIA), said that the polysilicon production in China experienced its first year-on-year decline since 2013, while wafer production registered its first year-on-year decline since 2009.

'The UK market has matured,' Guy Lavarack, chief investment officer at the Luminous Energy Group, tells PV Tech Premium this week.

The latest edition of our print journal, PV Tech Power, is out today and available to download, where we deep dive into PV quality assurance.

French renewables company Voltalia has started site preparation works on a 43MW/135MWh solar-plus-storage project in French Guiana, a French overseas territory in South America.