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EDF Renewable Services (EDF RS), of San Diego, announces that they recently assumed the Asset Management and O&M services on a portfolio of solar photovoltaic projects totalling 200 MW.

Turkey’s energy minister announced a new solar tender to be launched by the end of the year. Initial information gives some clues as to what this tender might include.

Five Indian states put forth the proposals for solar projects to replace 1,067 MW of energy from conventional power sources, which are used to power irrigation projects.

Western Australia’s regional utility Horizon Power has launched a project to deliver what it claims will be Australia’s largest solar and storage-based microgrid once complete in early 2018.

Permission has been granted to Eco Energy World’s Australia unit to develop the utility-scale PV plant in Queensland, Australia, with the company now planning to develop an ambitious 1 GW of solar PV in the country in the next two years.

The Swiss technology company will incorporate solar PV and diesel into a single microgrid for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Nairobi, Kenya, to supply the hub with reliable power for the first time, while also announcing the completion of its share buyback program.

The U.K.’s Valuation Office Agency (VOA) released its draft business tax rates for businesses that own solar arrays, dropping tax rates for ‘mainly exports,’ but spiking tax for self-consumers, in another unexpected attack on the solar industry within the country.

It’s fair to say that, overall, renewable energy development has been disappointing in Israel, however, the tide appears to be shifting. To announce this new momentum, in the coming weeks a new wave of PV installations is expected to be announced.

Claude Turmes, Member of the European Parliament for Luxembourg’s Green Party, issues rallying call to European solar industry at SolarPower Europe 100 GW event.

Four bills signed by California governor Brown will mandate a distributed energy storage procurement, fund incentives for behind-the-meter storage, and more.