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A transatlantic interconnection between Europe and North America could provide both grids more security and efficiency, according to a report from think tank Ember.

LevelTen energy has published its latest report into renewable energy PPA prices, with the average European PPA price falling by 27%.

The government of Alberta has implemented a new “agriculture-first” approach to approving projects, on land in the Canadian province.

LevelTen Energy has reported an increase in the value of solar PPAs signed in North America, and a slight decrease for those signed in Europe.

TotalEnergies has signed a PPA with Saint-Gobain to supply the latter with electricity from its Danish Fields solar farm in Texas.

Mytilineos has released its financial results for the first half of 2023, with its energy sector posting a total turnover of €1.99 billion.

Canadian renewables firm Westbridge Renewable Energy Company will expand the PV capacity of its Sunnynook solar-plus-storage facility in Alberta, Canada, to 330MWp with an increase in the project area.

Declan Flanagan, former CEO of Orsted Onshore, has launched a renewables investment platform with an initial capital of US$100 million.

Module manufacturer and energy solutions company Hanwha Qcells has landed an agreement with Canadian Premium Sand (CPS) for the commercial offtake of patterned solar glass to support its US PV module production.

The impact of solar resource variability on several key global PV markets including India, Australia and North America has been revealed by a ten-year analysis from solar irradiance consultancy Solargis that illustrates “significant deviations from long-term averages”.