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The Swiss Federal Council intends to increase competition in the solar sector and set fixed tariffs for large PV projects using tenders. The electricity market will be fully opened up in a move industry association Swissolar says will discriminate against PV and threaten the rapid expansion of renewables.

According to figures from Italian renewables body ANIE Rinnovabili, 18,036 storage systems coupled to clean energy power generation have been installed in the country. Most of the batteries are in Lombardy, whose administration offers rebates.

The ever worsening balance sheet of the Hong Kong-based solar manufacturer has triggered the removal of shares listed in Taiwan, which is likely to leave the company with a $2.84 million bill for buying them back.

Neoen has completed the 51 MW Paradise Park solar plant in the Caribbean. The facility will generate electricity for the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited for US$85/MWh over 20 years.

Sunworks, a provider of solar power solutions for agriculture, commercial, industrial (ACI), public works and residential markets, has been awarded an EPC contract to develop a 657-kW roof-mount PV solar project for a Southern California residential complex in partnership with Bright Power.

The Environmental Assessment Agency of Netherlands (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving – PBL) promises that the country’s photovoltaic generation will grow by 5 GW by the end of the following year compared to 4.4 GW in 2018. Toward the end of 2023, the PV capacity is forecasted to be near 15 GW.

Univergy International headquartered in Spain and Japan is planning to invest over $200 million in two photovoltaic projects in Zambia.

Solar projects programmer ReneSola Power has gone into a strategic partnership agreement with Innova to create utility-scale projects in the UK.

Independent solar energy producer (IPP) Sonnedix has actually acquired a 160MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Chile from Andes Solar, a renewable resource designer and also fitter.

A 100MW battery storage facility in Co. Offaly in Ireland has this week been energised, having actually been developed as part of a collaboration in between regional designer Lumcloon Energy and South Korea's Hanwha Group.

Any of the initial ₤ 2 billion promised for the Green Homes Grant that goes unspent this year will not be rolled over.

Details of India's recommended basic customizeds duty (BCD) on imported solar modules and cells are expected to be revealed this week, according to a report in nationwide news electrical outlet BusinessLine.

Iberdrola is proceeding with initiatives to establish three solar farms in Spain's Valencia region that will certainly have an integrated capability of 450MW and require a financial investment of more than EUR235 million (US$ 284 million).

Powertis has actually begun building and construction service two PV plants in Brazil that each have a capacity of 112.5 MWp and are the Spanish designer's first solar projects in the South American country.

China mounted 5.56 GW of solar in Q1 2021, new information from the country's National Renewable Energy Consumption Monitoring and Warning Center has revealed.