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Solar developer Heelstone Renewable Energy has started construction on two US solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 206MW.

Sunraycer Renewables has broken ground at a portfolio of three solar-plus-storage projects in the US state of Texas.

Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Zelestra has started construction at a 242MW solar PV project in Perú.

A Korean-led consortium including Hyundai Engineering has started construction at a 350MW solar PV plant in Dallas, Texas.

The government of Bahrain has laid the foundation stone for a 100MW solar power plant in the Al Dur area of the Southern Governorate. 

French renewables company Voltalia has started site preparation works on a 43MW/135MWh solar-plus-storage project in French Guiana, a French overseas territory in South America.

A round-up of news coming from Europe, with IPP Encavis acquiring a 265MW solar PV portfolio in Italy, Iberdrola starting construction on 366MW of solar PV in its home country and IPP Sonnedix signing a renewables supply agreement with a subsidiary of Volkswagen in Spain.

Independent power producer Geronimo Power has started construction on a 125MW solar PV plant in the Midwest US state of Michigan.

German renewable energy developer ib vogt has officially broken ground on a 99MWp solar PV power plant in South Cotabato, the Philippines.

Utility AES Andes has started construction on two renewable energy projects in Chile, with a combined 1.3GW of capacity.