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Centrica subsidiary Direct Energy will acquire power from 32MWp/23MWac solar installation, predicted to be province’s largest once complete.

ENGIE North America has purchased EPC company Conti Corporation and its affiliates Indicon Corporation, Ion Electric, and McGilvray Mechanical.

Canada-headquartered PV module manufacturer Silfab Solar was the only North American manufacturer to achieve ‘Top Performer’ status in PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) 2019 PV Module Reliability Scorecard tests.

CEO Michael Yurkovich walks PV Tech through the factors that will hasten or hinder subsidy-free success in the former Soviet republic, seen as a market-to-watch.

Tumbling module prices will help PV attain US$0.048/kWh costs in 2020 and outcompete 700GW of global coal, with India and Italy as the G20’s cheapest.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Canadian Solar has secured its largest single multi-year PV module supply agreement, totalling 1.8GW with EDF Renewables North America.

Inline solar cell measurement equipment specialist Aurora Solar Technologies (AST) has secured a major China-based manufacturer of high-efficiency PERC solar cells as a new client.

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will back over 100 projects with an initial £150m debt injection, with a possibility for further funding.

IPP makes financial investment decision for its first ever scheme for group of corporate offtakers, a 130MW plant in Durango.

Ontario Power Generation (OPG), in partnership with the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, has completed a 44MW PV project at the former Nanticoke Generating Station site.