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Since 2023, the main concern facing solar PV project developers in Europe has shifted from supply and module pricing to inadequate grid availability, as reflected in a number of discussions at the Large Scale Solar Europe 2024 conference in Lisbon this week.

Renewables operator Aboitiz Power has appointed engineering service company AFRY to construct a 172MWp solar PV plant in the Phillippines.

Australian solar equipment manufacturer 5B has deployed 26MW of its folding Maverick modules at a gold mine in Western Australia.

Bifacial technology has become increasingly widely adopted and is estimated to account for 40% of all new deployments by 2028.

Invenergy has secured US$1.27 billion for the construction of a 677MW renewables portfolio, including a 189MW solar PV project in Kansas.

Spanish solar tracker producer PV Hardware (PVH) has announced that it will supply 957MW of trackers to a solar PV project in Saudi Arabia.

Chinese-owned solar PV manufacturer Astronergy has delivered 125MW worth of solar PV modules to Polish engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Solartech.

UAE state-owned renewable energy developer Masdar has acquired a 50% stake in US IPP Terra-Gen from Energy Capital Partners.

Japan has announced the new feed-in tariffs (FIT) for residential and commercial and industrial (C&I) solar installations for 2024 and 2025.

French inverter manufacturer Imeon Energy has developed an inverter which is claimed to have conversion efficiency of 99%.