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Canadian Solar Libertador Solar Holding SpA submitted the lowest bid for a PV project in Chile’s latest clean energy auction.

Scientists have demonstrated a zinc-ion battery that overcomes many of the challenges for this technology. By working with a highly-concentrated salt solution as the electrolyte, the group was able to achieve stability over more than 2,000 cycles combined with a strong electric performance. The group says that its work opens up “a viable route to developing aqueous batteries for emerging electrochemical energy storage applications.”

The French solar market is currently being driven by the utility-scale segment. In the first quarter of the year, newly deployed PV systems totaled 713 MW and in the second quarter their combined capacity reached 654 MW.

Hevel Energo Servis has developed a new solar+storage project under Russia’s energy service scheme to help independent power producers to sell power to municipalities with diesel power plants via a competitive bidding scheme.

It’s not just big companies that are benefiting from digitization and data analytics. Last week, a new optimizing algorithm was unveiled in Australia to show PV owners which retail energy plans will save them the most on their electricity bills.

Montenegro’s Investment and Development Fund (IRF) is granting low-interest loans for commercial PV projects and the government agency Eco Fund is awarding non-refundable rebates of up to €25,000 per project, depending on the size.

The self-consumption project has an estimated cost of around $2.4 million.

The solar-plus-storage facility will be built by Ecuadorian developer Gransolar and French renewable energy company Total Eren on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos National Park.

The governments of Mexico, Malaysia, and Turkey – along with the Solar Energy Industries Association, NextEra Energy Resources, REC Americas, and other companies – are chiming in to have a say in a recently reignited debate in the U.S. solar market.

India’s Loom Solar has launched its Shark line of bifacial PV modules for rooftop projects. The nine-busbar panels have power outputs ranging from 440 W to 530 W, with front-side efficiencies ranging from 20% to 21% and rear-side gains of up to 20%.