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Oil major Shell has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 70.5MW portfolio of unsubsidised solar projects in Italy.

ExxonMobil will power operations at its Permian oil field in Texas with 250MW of wind and 250MW of solar power.

The US government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has provided US$6 million of debt for a commercial and industrial scale solar fund.

French power giant ENGIE has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply energy from a 130MW solar PV plant to steel producer, Gerdau, in northern Mexico.

French energy giant ENGIE has signed power purchase agreements for two solar power plants in Senegal.

Martin Libra, Head of LATAM at Prothea, an independent advisory boutique providing advisory and asset management services in the renewable energy sector, explains the chances opening up in the Chilean wind and solar market, which can now be considered a pioneer in the grid parity trend that is currently developing in Southern Europe.

Iberdrola has signed a power purchase agreement with Basque Country-based telecoms provider Euskaltel to supply electricity produced from a 391MW solar project, in what is said to be the first PPA signed between a power company and a telecoms operator in Spain.

Thai firm B.Grimm Power has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Vietnamese utility EVN for a 257MW solar project, according to a Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) filing.

British developer Solarcentury has sold an 80% stake in the 300MW Talayuela project in Spain.

Risen Energy will develop up to 300MW of PV capacity in Spain for a cryptocurrency miner.