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Leading Chinese module manufacturer JinkoSolar has published its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, which include over 21GW of shipments and total revenues of RMB23.04 billion (US$3.19 billion), a slight year-on-year (YoY) fall.

The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors has granted permission to Hecate Energy to build a 150MW solar farm in Virginia.

The Ningbo Boway Alloy Materials Company has announced plans to expand its TOPCon cell manufacturing capacity in the US by 2GW.

Nextracker has announced that the manufacturing of its NX Horizon trackers produces a 35% smaller carbon footprint than other processes.

Nova Clean Energy has acquired a Texas solar and wind portfolio from BNB Renewable Energy, which has a power generation capacity of 1GW.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has closed funding for its Valley of Fire Fund, raising US$600 million in capital commitments.

Sunnova has expanded its virtual power plants (VPPs) to better manage the grid in six US states, plus the territory of Puerto Rico.

Solar PV and energy storage developer and operator MN8 Energy has secured a private placement of US$325 million.

The US government has announced US$4 billion in tax credits under the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (48C) scheme.

Voltalia has reported earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of €241.1 million (US$259 million) in 2023.