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Enel Green Power has signed a 25-year PPA with Zambia’s state-owned utility ZESCO for a 34MW PV project in the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone in southern Zambia.

French renewables developer Neoen has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 136MW of utility-scale solar PV in El Salvador.

Oriental Renewable Solutions, a subsidiary of the Oriental Group has formed a 50:50 equity partnership with GreenWish Partners to co-develop a 50MW solar PV project in Jigawa State, Nigeria.

Major power firm EnergyAustralia has signed a 13-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to take 80% of the energy produced by a 142MW solar PV plant near Townsville in Queensland, Australia.

Doubt has been cast on the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) ‘Scaling Solar’ programme after a panel of investors revealed it could be fostering a race to the bottom for unrealistic tariffs, diverting focus from essential bankability.

Plenty of naysayers have warned about unrealistic bidding and various delays damaging the Indian solar sector, but the head of ACME Solar, one of the largest developers India, approaching 1GW of installed capacity, has a very positive outlook on the industry's future. PV Tech caught up Manoj Kumar Upadhyay, the founder, chairman and managing director of ACME Group at the company offices in Gurgaon, New Delhi, to discuss delayed PPAs, transmission infrastructure, the approaching Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill and a unique point of view on India's Ultra Mega solar power parks.

EDF EN is expanding its clean energy footprint in North America with new solar contracts and wind capacity.

A 105MW solar power purchase agreement (PPA) has been signed by a California-based community energy group with independent power producer sPower.

What is thought to be the world’s lowest priced solar PPA has been signed for an 800MW project in Dubai.

ACWA Power has closed financing on a 60MW project in Jordan.