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Even though the solar PV market in Ecuador is currently non-existent, with only a few projects operational and mostly in the distributed generation market, it is about to take off, says José Luis García Pérez, Latin America’s CEO at Spanish developer Zelestra, formerly known as Solarpack.

Mining major Rio Tinto is set to develop two 5.25MW solar farms in the Gove Peninsula of the Northern Territory, Australia.

Liontown Resources' 95MW hybrid power station, including solar, has started powering its Western Australian Kathleen Valley Lithium Project.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will commit US$475 million in funding for five clean energy projects at mine sites across the US.

At present, there are limited studies on the processes of decommissioning solar projects and cost estimates vary wildly.

Rio Tinto has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with European Energy to buy all of the power at the latter’s Upper Calliope solar farm.

TransAlta and BHP have started commercial operations at a solar-plus-storage facility in Western Australia.

Mining company Rio Tinto has announced a plan to build a solar power plant in a diamond mine in the Northwest Territories in Canada.

NextSource Materials has completed work at its solar-hybrid power plant to power its Molo graphite mine in southern Madagascar.

Australian solar equipment manufacturer 5B has been appointed to supply its Maverick module technology to a 95MW hybrid power station in Western Australia.