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Gretchen Whitmer has signed a number of bills into law to increase the contribution of renewable energy to the Michigan energy mix.

The COP28 meeting kicking off in Dubai today will be arguably the biggest ever for solar, says new Global Solar Council chief, Sonia Dunlop.

Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has said that it is issuing a number of patent infringement investigations in the US pertaining to tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell technology.

Summit Ridge Energy has acquired a portfolio of community solar projects in the state of Virginia, with a total capacity of 100MW.

Over 2TW of electricity generation and storage developments were waiting in queues for grid interconnection in April 2023.

AES Dominicana has raised US$368 million in a loan facility that will be used to finance renewable energy projects in the Dominican Republic.

Indian solar manufacturer Waaree has shipped 850MW of PERC modules to Spanish developer Acciona Energia for use at its solar sites in the US.

The credit facility consists of US$275 million term loan, a $175 million revolving credit facility, and a $150 million letter of credit facility.

Inverter manufacturer Sungrow has supplied its 1+X modular inverters to renewables company Comerc Renew’s 267MW solar PV plant in Brazil.

Chinese solar module manufacturer Hanersun will supply 400MW of its n-type modules to Brazilian solar investment platform Solfácil for its distributed generation operations.