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Invenergy has started commercial operations at its 200MW Calhoun Solar Energy Center, its first operational project in Michigan.

Climate insurance provider kWh Analytics has published a report detailing the three types of risk that solar developers could face, including extreme weather, financial modelling and operations.

Talesun, the Chinese-headquartered solar manufacturer, and South African company ARTSolar have commenced operations at a 325MW PV module manufacturing facility.

Machine learning techniques have been used in a study to boost the accuracy of renewables forecasts by up to 45%, helping improve grid operations in Australia.

The amount of renewable energy that came in cheaper than the most competitive fossil fuel option doubled last year, according to new analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Solar and storage developer reaffirms commitment to growing share of competitive O&M market.

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles in solar operations and maintenance can reduce costs and save hours of painstaking labour, but only if applied correctly. Aline Kirsten Vidal de Oliveira, Mohammadreza Aghae and Ricardo Rüther explore the optimal use of aerial inspections and emerging methods for analysing the data they gather to identify faults.

The US$180 million twin projects were awarded in the second round of Jordan's solar programme in 2015 and will help Arab nation hit 10%-by-2020 clean energy goal.

High-efficiency module manufacturer Ten K Solar, has announced that it will be “discontinuing” its current operation – but has claimed it is not because of any product performance issues, contrary to media reports.