Residents living near two towns on the east coast of Spain will soon be able to sign up to receive power from the country’s first community agrophotovoltaic projects, which are being built to help reduce local electricity bills while exploring the impact solar shading has on the cultivation of tropical fruit.
A round-up of the latest news from the US solar market, including financing for Invenergy's 1,310MW project and CIT leads the financing for a 130MW Strata Solar portfolio.
FPL's US$1.752bn, 1.49GW project will fulfil a sizeable chunk of SEIA's forecast of 3.5GW of community solar additions in the US over the next five years.