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The German government has awarded contracts to 480MW worth of solar-plus-storage capacity in its latest public "innovation" tender.

Elgin has acquired the Blackhall Solar Farm in County Meath, in the Republic of Ireland, from German energy supplier GP Joule.

PV Tech Research writes about the PV inverter technological shift between string and central inverters across the markets.

UK renewables developer Low Carbon has unveiled plans for a 500MW solar PV project in the county of Oxfordshire.

The replacement of decommissioned solar projects will account for 23% of new capacity additions by the 2040s, according to Wood Mackenzie.

This week's PV Chart of the Week looks at the breakdown in forecast global inverter shipments from European-headquartered manufacturers.

MITECO has launched consultations to allocate up to 11GW of grid capacity to renewable energy and storage projects.

Nadara has started commercial operations at the Big Fish agrivoltaics (agriPV) project in Italy, the largest agriPV project in the country.

Global alternative asset manager Blackstone Infrastructure has completed the acquisition of a 24.7% stake in Danish IPP Eurowind Energy.

SMA has opened a new Gigawatt Factory in Niestetal, Germany, expanding its manufacturing capacity for utility-scale energy technologies.