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Responsibility for awarding permits for new renewable projects in Michigan will remain with the state’s Public Service Commission.

The European Commission (EC) has published new recommendations to encourage the faster permitting and installation of new renewable projects.

The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors has granted permission to Hecate Energy to build a 150MW solar farm in Virginia.

The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has called on the US Congress to accelerate legislative reform for solar projects in the US.

The US Department of Energy has invested up to US$22 million to improve planning, siting and permitting of large-scale renewable projects.

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

Kosovo has announced the names of six bidders that have made applications for a contract to construct a new 100MW solar plant in the country.

Speaking at the Solar Finance & Investment Europe conference in London last week, four speakers discussed market trends in Portuguese solar.

The combination of strict land legislation, elaborate permitting and a fiercely competitive solar developer market trying to meet ambitious PV deployment targets is causing issues for the French solar market.

Avangrid has cancelled a proposed merger with US utility PNM following two years of delays in the approval process.