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Spanish solar association UNEF has signed a cooperation agreement with the National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) to support each other in promoting solar energy and defending the interests of the sector in both countries.

GTM Research’s latest ‘Global Solar Demand Monitor’ report has highlighted that 13 countries by the end of 2018 would exceed the 1-gigawatt level of annual PV installations, up from eight in 2017.

Single-axis solar tracker firm Soltec, headquartered in Spain said it expects to double its turnover and supply more than 1.1GW of trackers in 2017.

Acciona has selected eight startup companies — Smallmatek, Goi, Hemav, Kineo, Mytra, Smartive, Be More 3D and Artelnics — to take part in the first version of the corporate accelerator within its I'MNOVATION open innovation programme.

Technology provider ABB has partnered with Spanish IPPP ACCIONA that will see ABB provide its central inverter solutions for the 246MW El Romero Solar Plant in the Chilean desert.

Sonnedix has closed non-recourse refinancing of an 18.17MW portfolio of PV plants in Spain at a total value of €74 million.

Independent solar power producer Sonnedix announced Thursday that it has acquired a 22MW portfolio of four ground-mounted PV projects located in the regions of Extremadura and Castilla la Mancha, Spain from a fund managed by London-based investment firm Impax Asset Management.

Clean energy firm Holaluz has completed Spain’s first shared self-consumption solar PV and battery storage facility on a house near Barcelona.

Spain has awarded 3,909MW of solar PV capacity and 1,128MW of wind capacity to 40 companies in its latest auction, which was originally set to be only a 3GW tender.

Spain’s next 3GW renewable energy auction has been set for 26 July, having originally been pencilled in for 18 July, according to an announcement by energy minister Álvaro Nadal.