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Spain’s Extremadura region prepares to host another giant solar plant

The new 300 MW project is being planned by U.K.-based Solarcentury, Spanish developer Genia Global Energy, and France’s Canopy.

Pakistan: 100 MW PV plant planned, on track for 1 GW installs

Zorlu Enerji is working on a 100 MW solar PV plant in Pakistan. It is slated to come online in the first half of 2018. Overall, Pakistan is on track to install more than 1 GW this year.

Sierra Leone begins construction on its first solar park

The 6 MW Solar Park Freetown will be built with the support of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD).

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ETH Zürich demonstrates decentralized energy systems

Researchers at ETH Zürich have published a paper illustrating the potential for distributed energy systems with solar at their heart, as a replacement for the current centralized energy system.

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AMP Capital invests €245 million for RE development in Neoen

The French independent power producer will use the funds for the development of 1.6 GW of wind and solar in France and Australia.

China to tackle curtailment with new PV monitoring system

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has revealed plans to monitor and evaluate PV projects to help channel investment into parts of the country where solar curtailment is less of a problem.

Vattenfall’s Dutch unit Nuon to build 200 MW of PV

The company has also been granted a licence for the deployment of 12 MW of storage in the Netherlands.

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India’s DISCOMs to manage nationwide rooftop PV deployment under new $3.6bn MNRE scheme

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will make available $3.6 billion to distribution companies in India to boost their deployment of rooftop solar PV projects under Phase-II of the National Solar Mission.

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Phoenix Solar’s newly appointed insolvency administrator in talks with potential investors

The lawyer Michael Jaffé has been appointed as insolvency administrator of the German PV project developer. He is already in talks with potential investors.

India’s SECI to roll out 10 GW floating solar tender

The Solar Energy Corporation of India will invite expressions of interest (EOI) from developers eager to build, own and operate floating PV installations at selected sites across the country.

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