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The New York state government has awarded permits to 6.4GW of new clean energy projects in the state, 1.5GW of which will be in solar plants.

Europe’s solar industry has welcomed moves by EU energy ministers to agree a way forward on electricity market design.

The European Parliament has voted to accelerate the adoption of renewable power generation on the continent.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has published the final draft of a new programme to reform interconnections in the US energy grid.

SolarPower Europe and 19 renewable associations have published an open letter to the EU, calling for a more effective European power grid.

Many Australian state governments have implemented favourable economic policies to encourage more solar investment within their borders.

The ANSI has allowed the SEIA to develop 11 new standards governing solar generation and battery storage in the US.

The US's Council on Environmental Quality has proposed a rule that would streamline the permitting process for new renewable projects.

Jonathan Touriño Jacobo caught up with Vladimir Tabutov, founder and CEO of Bulgarian solar power project developer HEC Solar, following Solar Media’s Large Scale Solar Europe event in Lisbon, Portugal. They spoke about recent and upcoming changes in the Bulgarian regulations regime for adopting renewable energy technology.