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Italian power utility Enel has bought two solar PV projects in the US with a combined 625MW of generation capacity.

Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 270MW operational solar PV portfolio from an unnamed US utility.

Enel has acquired an 830MW portfolio of operating solar and wind assets in the US from investment firm Excelsior Energy Capital.

Italian energy utility Enel has issued a US$4.5 billion (€3.8 billion) bond seeking investment from “US and international” investors.

Service provider company RES has secured a contract to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) work at a 400MW solar PV plant in Chile.

Located in the northern department of Atlantic, Enel says the Guayepo I and II project is the country’s largest operational solar site.

The company made no mention of solar PV in the role the technology would play in its renewables portfolio for the coming years.

The European Space Agency (ESA) will present an initiative aiming to deliver space-based solar power at a conference in London this week.

Colombia has awarded 4.4GW of solar PV capacity, which accounted for 99% of all renewable generation capacity offered in its latest auction.

3Sun, the solar module manufacturing subsidiary of Italian utility Enel has secured €560 million (US$612 million) in financing for its heterojunction module assembly plant in Sicily, Italy.