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Pipeline of active pre-build large-scale solar farms (>250kWp) sees significant growth over past six months, with total capacity breaking 4.2GW mark.

Chunk of new €34.2m renewable subsidy programme will finance self PV generation at homes and businesses across southern region.

Asia becomes major driver of 94GW PV addition worldwide, with other frontrunners including the US, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Egypt and Mexico.

Occitanie-based LUXEL has 1GW of assets either in operation, construction-ready or in development.

Awarding of 505.2MW from collective bids of 869MW is a positive turn for sector but land restrictions will stifle deployment, says Germany’s BSW Solar.

The LEGO holding company and investment fund KIRKBI has acquired the US arm of solar developer Enerparc.

LSS2019 special report: Sophisticated, integrated, data-savvy players are better positioned to outpace rivals in an unsubsidised era, say industry names.

LSS2019 special report: Top financiers bullish on European potential but apprehension around government intervention continues to loom over continent.

As the UK's feed-in tariff scheme draws to a close, our sister site Solar Power Portal is running a series of articles looking at the impact it has had and the new opportunities emerging for the sector. Here Alice Grundy speaks to some of those there to witness the 'gold rush' created by the flawed subsidy programme.

Trio of deals will see infra fund Marguerite take an 80% share in the projects, which have PPAs in place with Centrica.