The European Commission has established that two schemes that France has proposed comply with EU state aid rules.

Argentina’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has published new standards for local PV production, mere days before it plans to announce the winners of the second round of its RenovAr auction program for renewables.

Developers have submitted proposals to Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) to build 754.7 MW of large-scale solar capacity at six locations, less than a month after several companies applied for permission to develop 843.6 MW.

Spain’s Ministry of Energy has given German PV developer Juwi final approval to build 450 MW of solar capacity in southern Spain.

The financing will facilitate the construction of a 20 MW solar plant in the city of Bissau and two 1 MW PV facilities in Gabu and Canchungo.

The PV plant is the first of several large-scale solar parks that the Russian module maker plans to build in the region.

The project is the second large-scale solar installation that the hydroelectric company has acquired in Brazil.

The French energy giant is adding 5 MW of solar capacity to an operational 5 MW site in the commune of Montsinery-Tonnegrande.

AES El Salvador and Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI) plan to build 100 MW of PV capacity in three phases at 10 sites in El Salvador.

The Italian renewable energy company has acquired a 92 MW PV project in North Carolina from Canadian Solar for $42.8 million.