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French energy giant Total is making good on its promise to become one of the top players in renewable power within 20 years by continuing its foray into the clean energy sector by acquiring Lampiris, Belgium’s third-largest natural gas and renewable power vendor for the residential sector.

Construction has officially started on two solar projects in Alabama that will provide clean energy for two US Army posts.

Chilean utility Colbún has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with French energy giant Total and SunPower for the energy produced from a 164MW solar PV plant in Chile.

Total and its affiliate SunPower have agreed to supply electricity from a 100MWac solar PV project to the Metro of Santiago in Chile.

Everyone in the industry knows the price of solar continues to fall in most global sectors, inching closer to – or reaching – parity with other energy sources, both renewable and carbonaceous. But when a well-respected market researcher says prices are falling in real time in some regions, that attention-grabbing statement is not something one usually hears in any timeline.

French oil major Total’s €950 million acquisition of battery manufacturer Saft puts the company at the front of the pack of fossil fuel firms looking to diversify, according to SolarPower Europe CEO James Watson.

SunPower announced Tuesday that construction has begun on the 11.4MW of solar power systems for public facilities operated by the County of Santa Clara in California.

Solar investment firm GSSG Solar has announced the financial close and ground breaking of its new 47MW PV project in Japan.

SunPower has teamed up with AT&T, one of the US’ biggest multinational telecommunications corporations, to bring Internet of Things (IoT) technology to the residential market via the ‘Equinox’ solar PV system.

Energy giant Total has said it wants to be a top three player in the solar energy industry within the next 20 years.