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Solarcentury continues to expand its presence in the emerging Latin American PV market, this time by completing a 40MW solar park in Chile for local electricity company Energía Cerro El Morado.

Singapore’s Equis Energy is teaming up with EPC Bouygues Energies & Services and Toho Electrical to build a 13.7MW solar project in the Aomori Prefecture in Japan.

Miami, Florida-headquartered solar developer Origis Energy has broken ground on a US$33.2 million 20MW solar plant in its home state.

California is mandated to receive all its power from renewable sources by 2045 under legislation that passed in the Senate yesterday.

President Trump has elected to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement, according to White House officials.

Germany-headquartered PV firm IBC Solar commissioned its 22.5MWp project in Rajasthan last week.

Botswana’s state-owned power utility has invited bids to build a 100MW plant in the country.

News in Brief: SunPower collaborates with Michigan's largest utility for a residential pilot programme, UOSSM's Syria Solar Initiative completes a 127kWp solar system to provide electricity to hospitals, an Australian aboriginal community starts construction on a solar-diesel hybrid project backed by ARENA and Utah's Legend Solar acquires Aspire Energy.

Austrian O&M provider ENcome has reached the gigawatt threshold for the amount of PV power plants it services worldwide. It also recently entered the Australian market for both O&M and engineering and advisory services.

Swedish-Swiss technology leader ABB is partnering with the Singaporean subsidiary of Phoenix Solar for a 1MW floating solar project in west Singapore.