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French utility EDF Renewables has opened its first floating solar (FPV) plant in a hydro reservoir facility in the French Alps.

Major renewable energy company EDF Renewables has acquired 529MWp of solar PV development portfolio from solar developer MEC Energy in Germany.

A round-up of the latest news from the US market, including Ameren’s progress on a 200MW solar installation acquisition in Missouri, Avantus breaking ground on a PV plant in Texas and EDF Renewables receiving approval for a 300MW solar project. 

US renewable energy developer Longroad Energy has commenced construction on the 152MWdc Three Corners solar project in Maine. Upon completion, it is expected to be the largest solar PV project in the state.

Anglo American and EDF Renewables have partnered to form a new jointly owned company, Envusa Energy, to develop renewables projects in South Africa.

EDF Renewables North America has signed a 332MWdc 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with McDonald’s in the US.

A round-up of the latest news from the US solar market, including EDF Renewables selling its 270MWdc Huck Finn Solar Project to a local utility, CS Energy partnering to deliver New York community solar and NextEnergy Capital expanding its US presence.

EDF Renewables is aiming to collaborate with academic partners to explore the positive impacts utility-scale solar projects have on biodiversity, soil health and farmland management in the UK.

New York has awarded 22 large-scale solar projects contracts as part of the state’s largest land-based procurement of renewables to date.