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Solar project developer Lightsource bp has commenced construction of its 168MW Kōwhai Park solar PV project in Christchurch, New Zealand, days after securing financing.

The Australian Electricity Market Operator (AEMO) has indicated that Australia has seen the addition of 1.2GW of new large-scale solar projects brought online and connected to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in the past 12 months.

Renewable energy developer Acen Australia has seen the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission (IPC) approve its 600MW Birriwa solar-plus-storage project.

BioPower Operations has announced plans to build a 1GW solar power facility in the South African state of Mpumalanga.

With 860MW of large-scale solar added in 2022, Australia added nearly half of the capacity it did the year before when it installed 1,683MW in 2021.

Solar PV will be the most dominant non-hydropower renewable in added capacity, with 12GW, during the next ten years in South Korea.

UAE-owned renewables company Masdar has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and a joint development agreement with Zambia state-owned utility Zesco to develop 2GW of solar PV in the African country.

TotalEnergies has completed works on the 800MW “Al Kharsaah” solar power plant near Doha in Qatar and is already connected to the grid.

Australia will need 1.9TW of solar PV in order to reach net zero by 2050, according to the report 'Net Zero Australia'.

Global investment in renewable energy reached a record half-year figure of US$226 billion in H1 2022, driven by soaring demand for clean energy technologies amid the ongoing energy and climate crisis, according to a BloombergNEF (BNEF) report.