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The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has called on the US Congress to accelerate legislative reform for solar projects in the US.

The US Department of Energy has invested up to US$22 million to improve planning, siting and permitting of large-scale renewable projects.

The government of Alberta has implemented a new “agriculture-first” approach to approving projects, on land in the Canadian province.

Kosovo has announced the names of six bidders that have made applications for a contract to construct a new 100MW solar plant in the country.

Speaking at the Solar Finance & Investment Europe conference in London last week, four speakers discussed market trends in Portuguese solar.

The combination of strict land legislation, elaborate permitting and a fiercely competitive solar developer market trying to meet ambitious PV deployment targets is causing issues for the French solar market.

Avangrid has cancelled a proposed merger with US utility PNM following two years of delays in the approval process.

EU energy ministers have agreed to extend three emergency regulations including accelerating the deployment of renewable energy.

SolarPower Europe – the representative trade body for the European solar industry – has published its first Best Practice Guidelines document for the floating solar (FPV) market segment.

Over 2TW of electricity generation and storage developments were waiting in queues for grid interconnection in April 2023.