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Solar module supplier Maxeon Solar Technologies has appointed Matt Dawson as chief technology officer.

Last week’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has brought doubts in terms of capital financing for the renewable industry with a big impact on the community solar market as the entity had financed up to 62% of the US community market.

Renewable energy company Leeward Renewable Energy has closed financing for its solar project 'Horizon solar facility' in Texas. 

Distributed energy platform Scale Microgrids has acquired over 100MW of community solar projects in New York from Netherlands-based developer Gutami.

Asset investor Kajima Europe and equity investment company Griffin Capital Partners have formed a joint venture (JV) to acquire a majority stake in Polish PV installation company Hymon. 

Solar developer Lightsource bp has entered the German solar PV market and is aiming to develop between 300-400MW per year by 2030.

Independent power producer Amarenco has purchased 90% stake in PV solar panel owner Infram from investment company M&G's infrastructure equity investment arm Infracapital.

The Q1 2023 edition of our downstream solar journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download, including comprehensive coverage of agrivoltaics across several markets.

Solar inverter and solutions provider Solinteg is opening a new factory in the Chinese city of Wuxi that will add an initial 4GW of manufacturing capacity as the company aims to meet increasing demand for its products.

The European Commission has proposed to reform the EU’s electricity market design in a move to accelerate the uptake of renewables.