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Hevel’s 15 MW project in Russia’s Saratov region nears completion

The 1.5 billion RUB ($25.3 million) project is scheduled to come online within two months. The Russian module maker has currently built around 50% of the facility.

Canada’s Nunavut territory goes solar

Canada’s largest and northernmost province is set to launch net metering for residential customers.

Solar distributed generation make its entry in Lebanon

The French cable maker Nexans has installed a 600 kW rooftop PV array on the factory of its Lebanese subsidiary Liban Cables. The installation if the first project completed under Lebanon’s Small Decentralized Renewable Energy Power Generation scheme.

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Argentina’s future legislation for distributed generation takes shape

The Parliament’s Committee for Energy and Fuels has reached an agreement for a unified text of the net metering scheme that is expected to finally support residential and commercial PV and other distributed generation renewable sources across the country.

Solar brings down power tariff in El Salvador

The price of electricity for the upcoming quarter will be reduced by 3.09% thanks to more production from hydro and the connection to the grid of 60 MW of solar.

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Brazil: distributed generation capacity reaches 139.7 MW

Around 69.8% of total distributed generation installed solar power comes from mini-generation PV systems that have a capacity of up to 75 kW.

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Netherlands to extend net metering to 2023

The net metering scheme, which was set to expire in 2020, has enabled so far the installation of a residential PV capacity of approximately 1.5 GW.

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PV Crystalox confirms closing of ingot production in the UK

The British manufacturer will now source ingots from a third-party supplier and process these into blocks in the U.K.

Albania sees number of PV projects to compete in upcoming auction increase

Through the auction, which will receive the support of the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction (ERBD), the government hopes to install between 30 MW and 50 MW of solar.

Mauritius launches net metering scheme for residential PV

Around 2 MW of PV systems up to 5 kW are expected to be installed in the archipelago through the new scheme.

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