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The California Public Utilities Commission yesterday (16th November) voted to approve a ‘proposed decision’ changing the state’s virtual net energy metering (VNEM) scheme.

The Sri Lankan government has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a 70MW ground-mount solar PV tender, via its electricity development and coordination body, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).

UAE state-owned renewable energy developer Masdar has announced two large-scale renewables development plans this week, in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan.

SolarEdge has posted a downturn in Q3 financial results, which it attributed to a “slow market environment, in particular in Europe”.

A coalition of School Board representatives, healthcare advocates and “climate leaders” in the North Bay area of California has spoken out against the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) proposal to alter the virtual net energy metering scheme (VNEM) in the state.

Solar Module Super League (SMSL) member JinkoSolar shipped 21.3GW of solar modules and 1.2GW of cells and wafers in Q3 2023, an increase of 21.4% sequentially and 108.2% year-on-year (YoY).

The agreements cover two solar projects and one onshore wind project as they are the first phase of a 10GW pipeline of renewables projects in Azerbaijan signed in 2022.

Of this 3.2GW, 1,485MW were solar PV installations. In addition, just over 1GW of new projects were placed into service since Q2.

Tech and delivery giant Amazon has added over 1GW of solar PV and wind capacity to its operations in Europe so far in 2023.

PV Tech sat down with Alastair Mounsey, Regional Sales Director at JA Solar, to talk about the transition to n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) cells and modules, the state of the European solar market and what will define a successful PV manufacturer in the coming years.