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Building floating PV (FPV) projects on just 10% of the world’s water reservoirs could almost single-handedly meet global electricity demand.

Tom Kenning investigates the scale of local opposition to solar projects and the measures developers are employing to win back support.

QatarEnergy has inaugurated two solar projects with a capacity of 875MW, which will more than double Qatar’s installed solar capacity.

“There is an adjustment in the industry [where] there are cycles,” explains Laura Fortes, senior manager for access to finance at GOGLA.

Tata Power Renewable Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tata Motors to build a 131MW wind-solar hybrid energy project.

Shanghai Electric and Masdar have signed an agreement to build the 2GW Sadawi solar project in Saudi Arabia.

Catalyze has secured US$85 million in tax equity investment to support the construction of 75MW of distributed solar projects in the US.

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure and Greening plan to build a 1GW solar-plus-storage portfolio in the US.

US renewable power developer Avangrid has commissioned its 202MWdc Powell Creek solar project in Putnam County, in the US state of Ohio.

Brazilian mining giant Vale has sold a 70% stake in a renewable power portfolio in the country, generating around US$1 billion in cash.