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The UK has a large-scale post-subsidy solar pipeline of more than 3.3GW, according to exclusive data from Solar Media’s in-house market research team.

Major PV inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology has reported preliminary 2018 financial figures that only met the low-point of revised guidance issued in November, 2018.

The French government has launched a 300MW solar tender in the Fessenheim area where a nuclear power station is scheduled for closure.

ForeFront Power, a subsidiary of Mitsui has completed the first 27MW community solar project in Wayne County, New York, as part of nine projects totalling over 75MW to serve over 10,000 customers across New York.

Tech giant Google has signed its first power purchase agreement in Asia, according to a statement from the company released on Tuesday evening.

Cubico Sustainable Investments will acquire a 580MW portfolio of solar projects from US developer Cypress Creek Renewables.

Renewable energy firm Unisun Energy has completed and grid connected the 11.75MW Zonnepark Rilland project in The Netherlands, which has deployed Jolywood (Taizhou) Solar Technology’s N-type TOPCon bifacial modules.

China-based PV energy provider (PVEP) Panda Green Energy Group has issued a profit warning for the full year 2018.

According to provisional data from BloombergNEF (BNEF), global solar PV installations reached 109GW in 2018 as the cost of installing a megawatt of photovoltaic capacity fell 12%, which spurred markets outside China to increase installations.

PV inverter manufacturer KACO new energy is changing its business focus to include only string inverters and energy storage products, after its acquisition of Energy Depot, selling its central inverter business subsidiary in South Korea to OCI Power. Financial details were not disclosed.