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US utility AES Corporation has added the 2GW Bellefield solar-plus-storage project to its portfolio after acquiring it from the project developer, Avantus.

Danish renewables developer Ørsted has signed a recycling partnership agreement with Solarcycle to process and recycle the entirety of the modules in their US portfolio.

The development-stage 490MW Duffy solar PV project near Houston, Texas has changed hands; nascent US independent power producer (IPP) Linea Energy has bought the project from London-based Horus Energy.

Swiss renewable energy developer Axpo has entered the Spanish PV market with a 200MW solar plant in the province of Castilla y León.

A round-up of the latest news from the floating PV market, including the US' "largest" floating PV plant, Akuo's floating project in France and Portugal's tender for FPV.

German renewables developer Blue Elephant Energy has acquired a 120MWp Chilean solar PV portfolio, expanding its presence in the country to 281MW.

Fraunhofer ISE has set up a testing apparatus for perovskite solar PV cells and modules, aiming to establish a reliable efficiency standard for the technology.

British-headquartered oil giant Shell has acquired 1.1GW worth of solar PV projects from Spanish solar generation company Isemaren.

Solar PV additions have seen significant increase over the past few years, while it is also leading the increase in new renewable capacity worldwide this year, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report Renewable Energy Market Update June 2023.

Clean energy company Nexamp has secured US$400 million in debt and equity financing to develop up to 250MW of community solar and storage projects across the US.