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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced the second funding round of its $1bn Solar Sunshot program, aimed at developing a resilient domestic solar PV manufacturing sector.

The European Commission has added five initiatives to its list of cross-border renewable energy (CB RES) projects, bringing the total to 13.

Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has received three proposals for the development of the Taweelah C Independent Power Producer (IPP) project.

SunCable is now looking to produce electricity for data centres in the late 2020s, as the company confirms it will now look at earlier electricity sales for co-located and nearby customers ahead of supplying industrial users in Darwin and then Singapore.

EDF Power Solutions UK and PS Renewables are launching a public consultation on early-stage plans for a 500MW solar farm with battery storage in Kent.

The share of renewable energy hit a new record high share of 76.4 per cent of electricity demand on Australia’s main grid on Monday afternoon, beating a record that had stood since last November and setting the scene for cascading records this spring.

A 1GW wind farm in the Western Cape has become the largest permitted wind energy project in South Africa.

Finland has inaugurated the world’s largest sand battery, a 1 MW/100 MWh thermal storage system developed by Polar Night Energy.

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), recently conducted a site visit to Phase Six of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which is planned to deliver 1.8GW of new solar capacity under the independent power producer (IPP) model.

The Trump administration has signalled its intention to target a second wind farm in as many weeks, this time going after Iberdrola’s up-to 2600MW New England 1 and 2 arrays.