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Utility Colbún has inaugurated a solar-plus-storage project with a 32MWh battery energy storage system in the Atacama region of Chile.

Fund manager Global Infrastructure Partners and private equity firm Actis have completed the acquisition of Atlas Renewable Energy by GIP.

Argentinian state-owned energy company YPF Luz has signed agreements with EPSE (Provincial Energy Company of the State) for the development of 500MW solar PV projects in the country.

PV Tech Premium explores Chile's distributed generation market, examining its importance to the country's deployment as well as grid constraint issues.

With the inauguration of a new R&D facility in Brazil, Nextracker aims to harness the country's knowledge in the utility-scale solar market.

Infrastructure investor Actis has acquired a stake in Latin American renewables asset owner Omega Energia as it looks to develop a pipeline of assets in the region.

Mexico has secured commitments from 17 US companies that will result in the development of 1,854MW of solar and wind, according to the office of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Grenergy’s CEO talks to PV Tech about the developer’s ambitions for European solar and vision for co-located solar-storage future.

Spanish solar developer Grenergy has issued €52.5 million (US$57.55 million) of green bonds to help the company finance a pipeline of projects, including a 1GW portfolio in Colombia.

After years of not living up to its solar potential, Brazil is on the cusp of a solar boom. A confluence of factors has led to rapid investment and deployment in the country, but a few hurdles still need to be overcome, writes Sean Rai-Roche.