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EDF power solutions North America, a renewables subsidiary of French utility EDF, has achieved financial close on a 394MW solar PV project in the US state of Utah.

Renewable energy infrastructure investor Actis has launched Yeltica Energy, a Mexican renewable energy platform.

Anza Power has acquired the 110MWac Karioi and 95MWac Ongaonga solar PV power plants from Helios Energy in New Zealand.

Spain has announced plans to create a capacity market for the national electricity system in order to secure 'security of supply'.

Zelestra has signed a PPA with German steel manufacturer Salzgitter Flachstahl for a new solar-plus-storage portfolio in Germany.

SEIA and CCSA will combine to form a single trade organisation representing the full breadth of US solar PV deployments.

ARENA has unveiled Launchpad, an AU$30 million (US$20 million) funding programme aimed at early-stage clean energy startups.

Thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar module manufacturer First Solar has adjusted its enforcement of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) intellectual property (IP) strategy.

Two community solar platforms in the US have closed over US$370 million of financing to fund 200MW of new projects in New York and Illinois.