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A bullish Brazilian PV market has marked its latest milestone this year, becoming the cheapest electricity source of an auction it was allowed to enter for the first time this month.

The government of the Philippines will spend $500 million on solar-powered water supply and desalination in remote areas of Mindanao, the second-largest island in the archipelago. Elsewhere, a Finnish study has suggested drought-hit Iran could benefit from renewable-powered desalination.

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Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co Ltd (TYO:1821) revealed on Thursday it has actually gotten the go-ahead from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for a 1.6-MW floating solar power plant in Hyogo prefecture of the nation's main island Honshu.

Canadian developer Innergex has confirmed that its 315MWAC / 250MDC Texas PV project, set to be the largest in the state, is on track to go live by September.

Uzbek utility Uzbekenergo had received 23 offers for the 100 MW tendered solar plant. Two more solar tenders, with capacities of 400 MW and 500 MW, respectively, will be launched in the near future.

The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has issued a request for proposals (RfP) for technical consultancy services for the advancement of the 500-MW Ibri III solar power project in the northwest of the sultanate.

Acciona has commissioned a 54.2MW / 62MWp PV plant in the Atacama desert, bringing its total renewables operating capacity in Chile to 536MW.

Statkraft Italy has authorized a four-year research study arrangement with the Department of Agro-Environmental and Territorial Sciences (DiSAAT) at the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy to explore the potential of agri-photovoltaics (agri-PV) in Europe.

Colombian power business Celsia SA announced on Wednesday it has taken into procedure a 9.9-MW photovoltaic (PV) park in Tolima division.

Spanish electrical and also gas utility Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME: NTGY) has actually acquired a ready-to-build project for a 125-MW solar PV farm hybridised with a battery energy storage system (BESS) of approximately 220 MWh in Cunderdin, Western Australia.

Photon Energy informed that its subsidiary Photon Energy Solutions HU Kft. has actually finished as well as grid-connected 8 photovoltaic nuclear power plant with a complete set up capability of 5.4 MWp in the district of Tata, Hungary. This most current enhancement increases the Group's mounted base in Hungary to 31.5 MWp as well as its overall exclusive profile of PV nuclear power plant to 57.1 MWp.

Solar designer Lightsource bp has gotten in the East Asia market with a 150MW project co-locating solar with fisheries in Taiwan.

Singapore-based solar designer Sunseap Group has actually secured an agreement to build what it claims will certainly be the globe's biggest floating PV project on the Indonesian island of Batam.

Neoen has shed light on its winning project in Portugal’s head-turning solar auction this summer, a tender consultants now say illustrates a new, bolder attitude towards merchant risks.