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China Datang has started building a $150 million, 263 MW solar plant in Uzbekistan for JSC Uzbekenergo.

YPF Luz says it is ready to start building a 305 MW solar project in Mendoza, Argentina, with an initial phase of 200 MW.

Akuo has completed a 181 MW solar plant in Portugal, while Dos Grados Capital has brought a 126.5 MW plant online.

ECL says it will build a 1 GW hydrogen-powered AI factory data center in Houston, Texas, with Lambda as its first tenant. The initial $450 million phase is scheduled for completion in summer 2025.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) says the result represents a 12% year-on-year decline. The figure has fallen 90% since the start of 2010.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that August was an extraordinary month for solar energy production in the Southeastern states, while regions like the Midwest and Northeast experienced cloudier conditions and lower irradiance.

Soltec has entered pre-insolvency proceedings to negotiate with creditors, and Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has suspended trading of its shares until it releases its first-half 2024 financial results.

Researchers in Pakistan have tested several configurations of an offgrid PV-hydrogen system intended to power EV chargers. The system achieved the lowest levelized cost of electricity when it was combined with battery storage.

In 2024, the US power grid’s electricity generation increased by more than 109 TWh through the end of July, marking 4.5% growth. This surge was led by a 52 TWh increase in methane generation, while solar power contributed an additional 36 TWh.

El Salvador’s General Superintendent of Electricity and Telecommunications (SIGET) says solar now accounts for 21.1% of the nation’s electricity mix, with total installed PV capacity reaching 633 MW by the end of 2023.