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The German government is considering the possibility of imposing trade barriers on Chinese-imported solar modules and components to Europe, according to Reuters.

The expansion of solar PV and battery storage is keeping the global net zero 1.5 degree pathway open, and the current host of planned manufacturing capacity expansions will be enough to meet demand by 2030.

Europe’s main barrier to decarbonising its power supply by 2045 is its aging grid infrastructure, 40% of which is over 40 years old, according to a new report by European electricity industry body Eurelectric.

California’s transmission and distribution grid networks will need to expand fourfold and tenfold, respectively, to meet net zero targets.

The Jamaican government has announced a tender to procure renewables of up to 100MW.

Spanish renewables company Grenergy Renovables has secured technical advisory services from quality control firm Enertis Applus+ for a 386MWp solar PV portfolio in Chile and Peru.

French energy provider Voltalia has begun full operations at its five-project solar PV cluster in Portugal.

Newly-launched solar manufacturer Bila Solar has revealed plans to build a 1GW PV module production facility in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Colorado-headquartered clean energy platform Peregrine Energy Solutions has secured US$700 million in credit, equity and debt financing to bring its project pipeline online.

The announcement comes days after the US Department of Commerce found that Trina had been circumventing its AD/CVD import tariffs via Southeast Asia.