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Solar technology company Edisun Microgrids and West Hills Construction have formed a strategic partnership to develop up to 20MW of commercial and industrial rooftop PV projects utilizing Edisun’s rooftop tracking technology — PV Booster.

Digital industrial company GE Power is providing its LV5 1,500V inverters to two Atlas Renewable Energy solar projects in Brazil.

Australian PV company New Energy Solar is set to acquire 14 utility-scale PV projects, totaling 130MW, from US solar farm developer Cypress Creek (CCR). Cypress Creek will develop the 14 projects, which are expected to be commercially operational in 2018.

RAI Energy International has acquired an ownership interest n a 70MW PV project from Hamilton Energy Resource Opportunities (HERO) — allowing RAI to strengthen its North American PV solar portfolio.

DTE Energy announced that its Lapeer solar park, located in Lapeer, Michigan, is now operational and generating enough energy to power 11,000 homes.

A Joint venture between Enel subsidiary Enel Green Power (EGP) and Dutch Infrastructure Fund (DIF) has begun construction of the 137.7MW Bungala Solar One plant, which is located near Port Augusta in South Australia. EGP is set to bag a US$1.35 billion deal on 1.7GW of solar and wind projects in Mexico.

DEWA has opted for carports at its own offices and a ministry building, Adani has signed a PPA for a US$200 million Queensland PV project, HECO has launched an online rooftop solar application tool.

A new report from the Climate Bonds Initiative noted that the Brazilian green bonds market has now reached US$3.67 billion.

Eyelit Inc., a manufacturing software provider for visibility, control, and coordination of manufacturing operations has launched version 5.3 of its Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software suite.

Smart energy management company Smappee demonstrated what it calls the world’s most advanced home energy monitoring system at Solar Power International 2017.