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Caelux, a solar technology company, secures $12 million in Series A3 funding to expand their factory, conduct research, and launch their revolutionary solar product, Caelux One, with the potential to exceed 30% efficiency and meet market requirements.

Codrington Solar Farm approved by South Gloucestershire Council, providing low carbon energy for 4,400 homes. Construction to begin early 2025 with landscape, ecological and biodiversity benefits.

Australian start-up Hysata opens "giga-scale" production plant for world's most efficient electrolyser technology. 95% efficiency rate with 1GW of production annually and major investors, government funding and 9.4GW of orders. Helping the world reach goal of trillion-dollar investment in electrolysers for hard to abate industries.

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) launches RFP to replace coal-fired power plant in Wisconsin with 650MW of solar-plus-storage projects to generate electricity for 135K homes and reduce CO2 emissions by 85% by 2030. Explore potential future uses of plant site after shuttering.

A research team has developed a highly efficient OHP-based photoanode for the production of hydrogen through photoelectrochemical water splitting. The team found that the addition of GTMACl to the OHP photoanode suppresses internal and external losses for an unprecedented efficiency.

Servotech Power Systems announces $36.2m investment to set up EV charger factory in Uttar Pradesh, India, generating up to 500 jobs and 10,000 EV DC Fast chargers per year.

Microquanta recently completed construction of 260 kW Perovskite-based PV Power Station in Qujiang district, Quzhou City, with components certified by domestic and foreign CQC and VDE. Special low-damage, high-resistance packaging was provided to withstand harsh environmental conditions. The Power Station is expected to help rural revitalization and promote perovskite applications.

Masdar has been selected as the preferred bidder for the 6th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar complex in Dubai. The project, with an LCOE of EUR 0.015/kWh, will cost up to AED 5.51bn and will be commissioned in stages from 2024. The solar park is planned to reach 5 GW by the end of the decade.

Rio Tinto - the world's second-largest miner - is launching the largest solar PV park in Canada's North to provide electricity to its diamond mine in the Northwest Territories. The project will reduce diesel consumption & GHG emissions by 50% by 2030.

Belectric has been awarded a contract to build a 28.5-MWp solar plant in Norwich, England. The plant is expected to be operational by summer 2024 and will be able to power 9,500 households annually. This is part of Belectric's increasing presence in the UK and Netherlands.

Toyota Tsusho and RMT are collaborating to build a 25-MW solar power plant in Benin, West Africa. The project is supported by the government and marks the first large-scale renewable energy project ever by a Japanese firm. Construction is expected to finish in 2024 and the project will help Benin reduce electricity imports and install 150 MW of solar power generation by 2026.

Maxeon Solar Technologies plans to build a 3-GW solar cell and panel factory in Albuquerque, NM, creating 1,800 jobs and increasing the company's total North American solar panel capacity to 4.8 GW. DOE loan and tax credits are eligible for the project.

SGEL has won the 90 MW floating solar project in Madhya Pradesh with an INR 3.79 ($0.046)/kWh tariff. The project is expected to generate 4,781 MUs over 25 years and will be commissioned within 21 months of signing the PPA. SJVN is the second firm to win the project.

MAHLE, a Germany-based automotive supplier, has unveiled a bionic battery cooling plate to improve cooling performance by 10% and reduce pressure loss by 20%. The new plate also uses 15% less material, reducing CO2 emissions. MAHLE will present this innovation at IAA Mobility and will collaborate with ProLogium for the development of a thermal management system for solid-state batteries.

Energy Vault chooses KORE Power to supply US battery production from 2025, with initial 1.3 GWh capacity increasing to 18 GWh. US Department of Energy offers $850 million loan and Energy Vault makes $15M investment in KORE Power.